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

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 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
Stoddard Templeton Design Archive. Image courtesy of Glasgow University Library.
John Templeton & Co 1927. Image courtesy of Glasgow University.