Crown Wallpaper

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Crown Wallpaper, also known as the Crown Wallpaper Company, was an agglomeration of some of the largest wallpaper manufacturers in the United Kingdom in 1899.

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Overview

The agglomeration included founding member Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd. By 1904, the group had acquired the majority of companies specialising in relief decoration, which included Lincrusta-Walton and Anaglypta. [1]

The company had premises in Darwen, Lancashire. [2] The company eventually transformed to become Crown Ltd. [1] In 1985 Borden Inc. purchased the business from Reed International, with the business holding 18% of the market, with a further 3% added when Borden purchased the decorating operations of T & N in 1988 for £12 million. [3]

Archive

The Crown Wallpaper Archive, comprising 5,000 wallpaper samples and pattern books from the early 1950s to the late 1960s, is held at the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Banham, Joanna, ed. (1997). Encyclopedia of Interior Design. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   9781136787584.
  2. ↑ Gilbert, O. L. (2012). The Ecology of Urban Habitats. Springer Netherlands. ISBN   9789401130684.
  3. ↑ "T&N in £12m deal with Borden". Financial Times. 16 April 1988. p. 8.
  4. ↑ "Wallpaper". Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture (MoDA). 15 July 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Foster, J; Sheppard, J (2016). British Archives: A Guide to Archive Resources in the UK. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 27. ISBN   9781349652280.
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