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William Foxton Ltd was a British textile manufacturer.

The company was founded in 1903 by William Foxton, and produced "some of the most innovative artist-designed textiles of the times".

They commissioned work from (inter alia) Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Claud Lovat Fraser, F. Gregory Brown, Minnie McLeish, and Constance Irving. In 1915, Foxton helped found the Design and Industries Association.

They produced fabrics until at least 1939. In 1945, Foxton wrote that all of their papers and samples were destroyed in an air raid in 1942.

Hundreds of their designs are in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

References

  1. ^ Pickeral, Tamsin (2018). Mackintosh (New ed.). London. p. 210. ISBN 9781786647870.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "Furnishing Fabric 1922 (made)". V&A. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  3. "Furnishing fabric for William Foxton Ltd". RIBA. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  4. ^ Billcliffe, Roger (1993). Charles Rennie Mackintosh : textile designs. San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks. p. 7. ISBN 9781566403146. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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