Design archive and library of James Templeton & Co. Ltd, subsequently Stoddard International Limited, carpet manufacturers

Item date: 19th - 21st centuries
Grant Value: £7,000
Item cost: £175,000
Item cost pre-decimal: NULL
Item date acquired: 2008
Item institution: Glasgow University Library
Town/City: Glasgow

The Glasgow firm of Templeton/Stoddard was the most important manufacturer of high-quality carpet in the British Empire. Its carpets were to be found in public buildings throughout the world; it carpeted the liners Titanic and Queen Mary, and supplied the carpets for the coronation ceremonies of 1911, 1937 and 1953. The archive includes some 6,000 sketches and patterns

Item Provenance
Liquidators of Templeton/Stoddard
Stoddard Templeton Design Archive. Image courtesy of Glasgow University Library.
Stoddard Templeton Design Archive. Image courtesy of Glasgow University Library.
John Templeton & Co 1927. Image courtesy of Glasgow University.
John Templeton & Co 1927. Image courtesy of Glasgow University.