Liberty plc, drapers, department store, fabric designers, furnishers and upholsterers, manufacturers of jewellery and wallpapers

This page summarises records created by this Business

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1806-2018
Places:	Westminster, Middlesex
Functions, occupations and activities:	Building and construction > Furnishing and decorating \| Shops, merchants and distributors > Department stores \| Metal processing and manufacturing > Jewellery and precious metal working \| Paper, printing and packaging > Wallpaper \| Textiles > Silk and pile fabrics \| Textiles > Clothing \| Textiles > Miscellaneous textile merchants \| Timber and furniture > Furniture and upholstery
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C124748 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B4792 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1883-1979: order and sample books, furniture dept order, invoice, stock books, financial records, corresp, Paris branch records etc	City of Westminster Archives Centre	788	NRA 26036 See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 textiles and leather, 1990
2	1875-1989: records	City of Westminster Archives Centre	1932
3	1894-1983: records	City of Westminster Archives Centre	1166
4	1896-1999: prints, transparencies and slides	City of Westminster Archives Centre	2150
5	1930-1983: records	City of Westminster Archives Centre	1286
6	1941-1944: wine and spirits order book	City of Westminster Archives Centre	2872	See Annual Return 2016
7	1980-1999: prints, transparencies and slides	City of Westminster Archives Centre	2149
8	1984-2002: newspaper cuttings, promotional material, slides and transparencies	City of Westminster Archives Centre	2345
9	1987-1993: additional records	City of Westminster Archives Centre	Acc 1995, 2012, 2041	See Annual Return 1997
10	1984-2002: material rel to takeover, cuttings, promotional material, slides and transparencies	City of Westminster Archives Centre	Acc 2345	See Annual Return 2003
11	1984-1998: guard books and other publicity material	City of Westminster Archives Centre	2063
12	1987-1988: promotional material	City of Westminster Archives Centre	2097
13	1992: prints and photographs	City of Westminster Archives Centre	2090
14	1993-1997: papers	City of Westminster Archives Centre	2086
15	1994-1997: catalogues of furniture, metalwork, textiles and ceramics	City of Westminster Archives Centre	2347
16	1997-1998: fashion guard book	City of Westminster Archives Centre	2096
17	1997-2004: additional records incl material rel to Regent Street store and company history, financial records and promotional material	City of Westminster Archives Centre	Acc 2372	See Annual Return 2004
18	1997-2005: additional records incl guard books and files of articles, promotional material, photographs, Liberty At Home magazine and videos	City of Westminster Archives Centre	Acc 2397	See Annual Return 2005
19	1993-2005: additional material incl advertising, fashion and home guard books, advertising and promotional material	City of Westminster Archives Centre	Acc 2402	See Annual Return 2005
20	1998-2004: additional records incl fashion, beauty and home guard books, advertising records incl proofs of illustrations and publicity material incl records rel to the Liberty Club	City of Westminster Archives Centre	Acc 2443	See Annual Return 2006
21	1880-2002: addtl records	City of Westminster Archives Centre	2847
22	c1806-1990: records rel to the Board of Directors, shares and debentures, annual reports and accounts, photographs and advertisements	City of Westminster Archives Centre	2934
23	1989-2018: catalogues, brochures, brand information files and staff magazines	City of Westminster Archives Centre	2963	See Annual Return 2018
24	1989-1990: portfolio of bedroom designs by Julie Poulain for Liberty plc at the Glasgow Modern Homes exhibitions	City of Westminster Archives Centre	2964	See Annual Return 2018