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Watts & Co Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Bodley, George
  • Garner, Thomas
  • Scott, George Gilbert

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England

Sectors:

  • Wood, straw, etc, products manufacture Ecclesiastical furnishings production
  • Textile production Embroidered products manufacture inc badges, labels, etc
  • Luxury / consumer goods production Tapestry production
  • Luxury / consumer goods production Vestments production
  • Paper & paper products manufacture Wallpaper & wallhangings production
  • Luxury / consumer goods production Wooden furniture production inc upholstery, mattress, mirror, etc

Notes:

Traces origins to 1874 when established by three leading church architects, George Bodley, Thomas Garner and George Gilbert Scott jun, to make furnishings, embroideries, tapestries, wallpaper, vestments. Rivalled Morris Marshall Faulkner & Co. Located at Baker Street before moving to Westminster in 1940s. Royal warrant holders as ecclesiastical furnishers. Continues as family owned business

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