Contract photographs

• Reference:GB 248 STOD/201/2/16/2/1
• Dates of Creation:c1932-c1983
• Physical Description:
  54 photographs and 4 transparencies

• Scope and Content

  54 photographs , 4 transparencies, and papers relating to carpets make by Templetons for specific contracts/comissions. Photographs are mostly labelled with the name of the contract. Includes:

  • Coronation carpets: 7 black and white photographs of the carpet being made, 2 colour photographs of the Coronation (1 mounted on card), and 1 document, 1953;
  • Glasgow Cathedral carpet: 4 black and white photographs, 1 colour postcard, and 1 newspaper cutting, 1962;
  • Queen Mary, Lounge carpet; c1932;
  • Royal Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool: 1 black and white photograph, 1939;
  • Georgic Restaurant, Glasgow: 1 black and white photograph;
  • Top Rank Leisure Club, Croydon: 1 black and white photograph with caption, 1983;
  • Presidential Palace, Dominican Republic: 2 black and white photographs;
  • Royal Canadian Yacht Club: 2 black and white photographs and 1 colour copy of their badge;
  • City of Lower Hutt commemorative carpet , New Zealand: 1 black and white photograph;
  • The Twelve Apostles Carpet: 4 black and white photographs;
  • Dunkeld Cathedral: 1 black and white photograph, 1967.