Cotton Board
Other Business Names:
- Colour, Design & Style Centre
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
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Government & government agency business related services
Government & other agency support & promotion services for business
Notes:
Established in 1940 by British government and funded by cotton industry to promote welfare of industry under wartime conditions by 'internal reorganisations, by the development of export trade, scientific research, propaganda and other means'. Set up Colour, Design & Style Centre, Manchester, as its showcase to promote the image of the industry and its products and to raise standards of quality and design. Closed late 1960s
Publications:
- British Cotton Couture, 1941-61. The Gallery of English Costume, Platt Hall, Manchester by Unknown
- British cotton couture. British fashion and the Cotton Board, 1941-69 by Jarvis, Anthea
- Buy British. The collective marketing of cotton textiles, 1956-1962 by Clayton, David
- Cotton at Home. A show place where many of the industry's finest products may be seen ... by Unknown
- 'Cotton Board & cotton couture' in A de la Haye & E Ehrman (eds), London Couture, 1923-1975 by Prichard, Sue
- Cotton Board and the Colour Design and Style Centre of Manchester, 1940-1969 by Roberts, Shirley A
- Design Innovation and Diffusion in the British Textile Industry, 1945-1959 by Mecozzi, Daniela
- Lancashire and Whitehall. The diary of Sir Raymond Streat. Volume 1, 1931-39. Volume 2, 1939-57 by Dupree, Marguerite (ed)
- London Couture, 1923-1975 by De la Haye, Amy, & Edwina Ehrman (eds)
- Struggling with destiny. The cotton industry, overseas trade policy and the Cotton Board, 1940-1959 by Dupree, Marguerite
- Work of the Cotton Board in Argentina by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Colour, Design & Style Centre
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
- Government & government agency business related services Government & other agency support & promotion services for business
Notes:
Established in 1940 by British government and funded by cotton industry to promote welfare of industry under wartime conditions by 'internal reorganisations, by the development of export trade, scientific research, propaganda and other means'. Set up Colour, Design & Style Centre, Manchester, as its showcase to promote the image of the industry and its products and to raise standards of quality and design. Closed late 1960sPublications:
- British Cotton Couture, 1941-61. The Gallery of English Costume, Platt Hall, Manchester by Unknown
- British cotton couture. British fashion and the Cotton Board, 1941-69 by Jarvis, Anthea
- Buy British. The collective marketing of cotton textiles, 1956-1962 by Clayton, David
- Cotton at Home. A show place where many of the industry's finest products may be seen ... by Unknown
- 'Cotton Board & cotton couture' in A de la Haye & E Ehrman (eds), London Couture, 1923-1975 by Prichard, Sue
- Cotton Board and the Colour Design and Style Centre of Manchester, 1940-1969 by Roberts, Shirley A
- Design Innovation and Diffusion in the British Textile Industry, 1945-1959 by Mecozzi, Daniela
- Lancashire and Whitehall. The diary of Sir Raymond Streat. Volume 1, 1931-39. Volume 2, 1939-57 by Dupree, Marguerite (ed)
- London Couture, 1923-1975 by De la Haye, Amy, & Edwina Ehrman (eds)
- Struggling with destiny. The cotton industry, overseas trade policy and the Cotton Board, 1940-1959 by Dupree, Marguerite
- Work of the Cotton Board in Argentina by Unknown