DServe Archive Index

LIBRARIES & ARCHIVES Welcome to the Museum of Carpet online Archives Catalogue The Museum of Carpet Archives Centre holds historical records relating to the carpet industry dating from the 18th century to the present day. These records cover all aspects of the industry and range from the archives of official bodies to small collections individuals associated with the carpet manufacturing industry. The Online Catalogue contains detailed information about the archives that are available for consultation in the Archives Centre's reading room. The catalogue contains a summary of each archive collection and descriptions of individual documents. It also allows you to see the catalogue for each item in the context of the whole archive of which it is part. This database is the product of the work of all of the Archives Centre's staff. A major contribution has also been made by the work of the 'Friends of the Museum of Carpet'.	Volunteers working on the library collection
Examples of carpet design papers	This archiving project has been supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and has enabled the Museum of Carpet to carry out a programme of conversion of typed lists into this online catalogue.
For details about visiting the Carpet Archives Centre please use our contact information page. For help on how to search the catalogue please use our help page. Below is a list of some archive collections available to search using the catalogue :
CARPET MANUFACTURING COMPANIES Bond Worth (BW) Brintons (BRN) *Main collection not yet available Carpet Trades (CTL) Carpet Manufacturing Company (CMC) Greatwich (GTW) Naylors (NAY) Tomkinsons (TOM) BOOKS IN STOCK General Titles (GT) Spinning (S) Wool (WL) Dyeing Finishing (DY) Design (DSN) Dictionaries, Indexes, Glossaries (REF) Man Made Fibres (MMF) Testing, Lab Techniques, Identification (LAB) Natural Fibres (NF) Investment, Business (BUS) Textile Fibres (TF) Carpets (CPT)	Some archives awaiting attention
Collections are being added on a regular basis. For the latest up-to-date information about our collections, please use the general enquiry form on our contact information page.

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