William Foxton Ltd

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".[1]

They commissioned work from (inter alia) Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Claud Lovat Fraser, F. Gregory Brown, Minnie McLeish, and Constance Irving.[1][2] In 1915, Foxton helped found the Design and Industries Association.[2]

They produced fabrics until at least 1939.[3][2] In 1945, Foxton wrote that all of their papers and samples were destroyed in an air raid in 1942.[4]

Hundreds of their designs are in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.[4][2]

References

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