LLOYD LOOM HISTORY

1917

Marshall Burns-Lloyd invents a new material – Lloyd Loom fabric – to replace hand woven wicker or cane furniture. Woven together, twisted kraft paper and paper-covered wire produces a far stronger material than can be upholstered on to beech frames up to twenty times faster than woven wicker.  

1922

First production in UK.  

1933

Over 400 different products available.  

1940

UK factory destroyed by World War II bomb.  

1945

Arose from the ashes.  

1960

Only six different products available.  

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