Major accessions to repositories in 2012 relating to Furniture and Interior Design

Local

Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service

• RS Litchfield, carpenter and wheelwright, Riseley: records 1933-1965 (Z1485)

Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office

• Allan Brothers Ltd, joinery manufacturers, Berwick-upon-Tweed: minute books, register of members 20th cent (BRO 1898)

Derbyshire Record Office

• National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies, Cavendish Society: furnishing reports on Derbyshire churches incl Bakewell, Baslow, Burbage, Darley Dale, Eyam, Hope and Youlgreave 1988-2012 (D3440)

Glamorgan Archives (formerly Glamorgan Record Office)

• Wintle Henry Rhys, cabinet maker and undertaker, Bridgend: account book 1891-1896 (D842)

Lancashire Archives

• Calf Hall Shed Co Ltd, property owners, Burnley: minutes 1889-1960 (DDX 1291)

Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester

• Olivo & Bakirgian, textile merchants, Manchester: records c1881-1985 (2012.2)

Northumberland Archives

• John Grey, joiner and carpenter, Warkworth: account books, letterbooks and personal papers 1879-1924 (NRO 07979)

Tyne and Wear Archives

• NH Chapman Ltd, household furnishers and upholsterers, North Shields: memorandum and articles of association, press cutting books and photographs c1920-1997 (DT.CPM)

National

Tate Gallery Archive

• Robert Sielle, framemaker, fine art: personal papers C1930-1979 (TGA 20124)

University

Heriot-Watt University, Heritage and Information Governance

• Donald Brothers Ltd, linen, canvas and furnishing fabric manufacturers, Dundee: embroidery template c1930 (DB)