IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 B/CWT
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: COWTAN AND SONS LIMITED {DECORATORS AND UPHOLSTERERS}
Date(s): 1881-1959
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2.53 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Cowtan and Sons Limited | decorators and upholsterers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Messrs Cowtan and Sons Ltd were high class decorators, upholsterers and cabinet-makers of West Halkin Street Galleries, Belgrave Square SW1. They were established in 1790.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Cowtan and Sons Limited, decorators and upholsterers, 1881-1959. The records consist of ledgers and accounts rendered to customers. Unfortunately the early records from 1790 have disappeared. The gap in the series of accounts rendered between 1937 and 1945 is the result of war-time losses of records.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
B/CWT/001-006: Ledgers; B/CWT/007-058: Accounts.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright rests with the City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated in 1961 (AC/61/067)
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009