Interior view showing women working on fur hank-winding machine, John Street factory, Glasgow, in 1970.

Description Interior view showing women working on fur hank-winding machine, John Street factory, Glasgow, in 1970.

Date 1970

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 770212

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content John Street Factory, No 57 Tullis Street, Glasgow This shows a machine used for winding chenille fur, after cutting and steaming, into hanks ready for the setting looms. The women are adjusting the threads to which the strands of fur were attached during the hank formation. This type of carpet was a speciality of Templetons. It could be made with pile of any required depth, and to any shape and pattern. It was, however, labour intensive to produce, and competition from cheaper processes led to closure of this, the last factory in the world using this process, in 1970. This factory was built from about 1836 for James & William Simpson and others, power-loom weavers. It was bought in 1920 by James Templeton & Co and converted into a carpet factory. Latterly it made chenille axminster carpets using a process devised in 1839 by Templeton & Quiglay. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/70/59/20

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/770212

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