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HERBERT CHAPPELL LIMITED


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/114

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: HERBERT CHAPPELL LIMITED

Date(s): 1862-1963

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 5 production units.

Name of creator(s): Herbert Chappell Ltd | tailors

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

In 1867 Herbert Chappell founded a firm of tailors, H. Chappell, at 81 Bishopsgate Street. Chappell was originally from Woodbridge, Suffolk, where his father was also a tailor. In 1892 the business moved to 50 Gresham Street, where it remained until it was sold in 1964. In 1923 the name of the business became Herbert Chappell Limited. Further information on the history of the company can be found in CLC/B/114/MS35214.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Herbert Chappell Limited, tailors, including pattern book, price list, self-measurement forms and notes on the history of the firm.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The records were presented to Guildhall Library in March 2004 and catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Clothing | Textiles
Costume design | Design (arts)
Tailoring | Textile industry | Manufacturing industry | Industry
Tailors | Occupations

Personal names

Corporate names
Herbert Chappell Ltd | tailors

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe