Old Bleach Linen Company 1864

occupation:
Designer, Manufacturer of linen textiles
Nationality:
British; Northern Irish
born in:
Randalstown, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

1864 - C.J. Webb founds company. 1930's - employs >1,200 people. Supplied 'Sperrin' pattern to 'RMS Queen Mary'. 1951 - worked with crystallographer Helen Megaw on the Hydrargillite 8.33 pattern, for the Festival of Britain.