Major Accessions to Repositories 1997 relating to Furniture and Interior Decoration

National, Special and University

British Architectural Library

• George Ramon: designs for restaurant, ship and hotel interiors and stage designs 1926-75

Glasgow University Archives and Business Record Centre

• Stoddart Sekers Group Ltd, carpet mfrs, Elderslie (addnl): production book and tapestry manufacturers association minutes (Accn 1586)

Scottish Record Office

• Dobie and Son, painters and decorators: minutes, day books, accounts and photographs 1849-1987 (GD1/1190)

Victoria and Albert Museum, National Art Library, Archive of Art and Design

• Rosamonde Nairac, ceramic and tableware designer: papers 1963-92 (AAD/1997/3)
• Heal & Son Holdings plc, bedding and furniture mfrs and retailer, London (addnl): records c1980-95 (AAD/1997/4)

Local Repositories in England

Durham Record Office

• Pattinson & Co, upholsterers, Durham: cash book 1884-92 (D/X 409)

Norfolk Record Office

• Wallace King Interiors Ltd, house furnishers, Norwich: minutes, accounts and corresp 1890-1970 (ACC 1997/129, 134)

Nottinghamshire Archives

• William Lawrence & Co, furniture mfrs, Colwick: records 19th-20th cent (acc 5220)

Rochester upon Medway Studies Centre

• Arthur Herbert Tester, self-employed cabinet-maker, Chatham: accounts 1932-39 (DE601)

Tyne and Wear Archives Service

• Newton & Co, bicycle and furniture retailer, Newcastle upon Tyne: in-letters and account sheets 1860-99