Lloyd Loom

The Lloyd Loom process was invented in 1917 by the American Marshall B. Lloyd, who twisted kraft paper around a metal wire, placed the paper threads on a loom and wove them into what was to become the traditional Lloyd Loom fabric. Marshall B. Lloyd sold his patent to an English manufacturer, W (William) Lusty & Sons, who used the Lloyd Loom fabric to create a collection of typical English utility furniture. Primarily due to its durability and secondly the relative affordability of the finished product, Lusty Lloyd Loom as it became known was soon all the rage in Europe.

As of 2016, the company was bankrupt & the owner under police investigation.

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The Lloyd Loom process was invented in 1917 by the American Marshall B. Lloyd, who twisted kraft paper around a metal wire, placed the paper threads on a loom and wove them into what was to become the traditional Lloyd Loom fabric. Marshall B. Lloyd sold his patent to an English manufacturer, W (William) Lusty & Sons, who used the Lloyd Loom fabric to create a collection of typical English utility furniture. Primarily due to its durability and secondly the relative affordability of the finished product, Lusty Lloyd Loom as it became known was soon all the rage in Europe.

As of 2016, the company was bankrupt & the owner under police investigation.

Lloyd Loom of Spalding Ltd. and Lloyd Loom Weave Ltd. a subsidiary entered Creditors voluntary liquidation at Companies House in February 2016. The factory in Wardentree Lane, Pinchbeck, was emptied under the instruction of company director Anthony Draxler just before Christmas 2015, with production machinery then apparently shipped to Romania. Staff who have been laid off say they are owed up to 14 weeks’ wages. And some ex-workers claim agreed redundancy terms have not been settled. Several firms, are owed money by Lloyd Loom Furniture Ltd – a subsidiary of Lloyd Loom of Spalding Lloyd Loom Furniture Ltd. was placed under a HMRC Winding up Petition and is now in liquidation.

A police investigation has been undertaken into Anthony Draxler due to unfulfilled customer orders a Lincolnshire Police spokesman said: "There is an enquiry under way in relation to this business and an individual involved with it. "As of 20 January 2016 Lloyd Loom Spalding Limited has been registered at Companies House. BE WARNED Anthony Draxler is believed to be behind this latest venture. As an update on the saga of Anthony Draxler and the now in liquidation Lloyd Loom of Spalding; the websites lloydloomoriginal.com and lloydloomretail.com were noticed to be live in the week commencing 17 October 2016. Both websites are linked to each other with contact details and addresses and both use the original Lloyd Loom of Spalding imagery and furniture style names, including images of past Lloyd Loom of Spalding exhibitions and past employees which are the property of the now in liquidation Lloyd Loom of Spalding. The well known 'Lloyd Loom of Spalding' logo is being used by the new website lloydloomretail.com as the heading for the website itself. As of the week commencing 24 October 2016, all individual new websites (lloydloomoriginal.com and www.lloydloomretail.com) have been moved to the main website of 'lloydloom.com', which also lays claim to being responsible for supplying furniture to Betty's Tea Rooms, The BBC and the Wimbledon grounds, this is however, an untrue claim and these past business successes remain with the now in liquidation company 'Lloyd Loom of Spalding'.

There have been reported instances of several people paying for furniture from the new company, Lloyd Loom Spalding Ltd, in 2016 and not receiving furniture. A local reporter, Winston Brown, has been reporting these cases http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/business/mp-offers-support-to-customers-of-collapsed-pinchbeck-furniture-firm-1-7698472 and has asked for more information from customers who have paid for furniture and not received it. Contact details are: Winston Brown; Phone:01775 725021; Email: winston.brown@iliffepublishing.co.uk; Twitter:@SpaldingWinston

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