Major accessions to repositories in 2023 relating to Furniture and Interior Design

Local

Nottinghamshire Archives

• Parker & Farr Ltd, furniture manufacturers, Beeston: photographs and sales records 1978-1982 (10497)
• W Robinson (Nottingham) Ltd, wholesale dealers in wallpapers, paints, etc: memorandum and articles of association, advertising material and photograph of Derby showroom 1905-1952 (10431)

Teesside Archives

• F. Hills & Sons, door manufacturers, Stockton-on-Tees: ledgers and minutes 1936-1970 (7975)

University

De Montfort University Archives

• Dame Zandra Rhodes, (b1940), Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and fashion designer: licensing folders, garments, merchandise, costings and production folders, press cuttings, audio-visual recordings, sketches and drawings 1965-2002 (ZR)

Heriot-Watt University Heritage Service

• Donald Brothers Ltd, linen, canvas and furnishing fabric manufacturers, Dundee: additional examples of woven fabric c1970-1989 (DB)