Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Argus Clothing Co

From Graces Guide
1929. British Industries Fair catalogue.

of 71-3 Salisbury House, London Wall, London, EC2. Telephone: LondonWall 5258. Cables: "Favose"

  • 1929 Advert as Manufacturers of Tropical Cloths and Clothing. Also 'Men's Overseas, Colonial and Sports Wear'. Also Sports: ready-to-wear and bespoke; White and Khaki Drills, Repps*, Tussores**, Silks, Palm Beach Linens, Cream and Grey Flannels, Gabardines, Sunproofs, Alpacas. Also cut lenghts of above. (Textiles and Clothing Section - Stand No. S.5) [1]
  • Note:
    • Repp* or rep - a corded cloth
    • Tussore**, tusser or tasar - a fawn-coloured silk from wild Indian silkworms.

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Sources of Information

  1. 1929 British Industries Fair Advert 171 and p9
  • Chambers English Dictionary