Clapham, Emily M, Madame Clapham
Other Business Names:
- Clapham, Haigh
- Clapham, Madame
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Hull, City of Kingston upon Hull, Humberside, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Wearing apparel & footwear production
Bespoke tailoring & dressmaking
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Professional services
Fashion design services inc couture
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Distribution - retailing
Wearing apparel, footwear, haberdashery, mercery, etc, retailing
Notes:
Emily M Clapham, 1857-1952, aka Madame Clapham, and her husband, Haigh, 1854-1950, established a dress design and making business at Hull in 1887. Emerged as a prestigious fashion house catering for wealthy Yorkshire women as well as others elsewhere. By c1900 employing 150. In decline in the interwar years but continued after Emily's death in 1952 by her niece, finally closing in the 1960s
Publications:
- Madame Clapham. Hull's celebrated dressmaker by Tyler, Jayne, & Clare Parsons
- Madame Clapham. The celebrated dressmaker by Crowther, Ann
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Clapham, Haigh
- Clapham, Madame
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Hull, City of Kingston upon Hull, Humberside, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Wearing apparel & footwear production Bespoke tailoring & dressmaking
- Professional services Fashion design services inc couture
- Distribution - retailing Wearing apparel, footwear, haberdashery, mercery, etc, retailing
Notes:
Emily M Clapham, 1857-1952, aka Madame Clapham, and her husband, Haigh, 1854-1950, established a dress design and making business at Hull in 1887. Emerged as a prestigious fashion house catering for wealthy Yorkshire women as well as others elsewhere. By c1900 employing 150. In decline in the interwar years but continued after Emily's death in 1952 by her niece, finally closing in the 1960sPublications:
- Madame Clapham. Hull's celebrated dressmaker by Tyler, Jayne, & Clare Parsons
- Madame Clapham. The celebrated dressmaker by Crowther, Ann