TitleCollection of Textile Design Drawings and Notes by Jacob Dimoldenberg
ReferenceYA1994.35
CreatorDimoldenberg, Jacob Jacob Dimoldenberg was born in 1892 in Salonique. His parents were probably Russians, it is likely that they moved to France because they were Jewish and were persecuted during the pogroms. He was brought up in Paris, in the Jewish quarter, Rue des Fosses in St Marcel. He got the French citizenship after fighting for two years in the Foreign Legion, from 1914 to 1916. He was enrolled for the period of the War but was wounded at the battle of the Somme.
He undertook an apprenticeship in designs for prints at A Horr in Paris between 1907 and 1910. In 1911, he went to the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and got a Silver Medal. Between 1913 and 1918 he worked for G George and Engel & Maisch in Paris.
In 1919 he was married to a distant cousin who was living in Manchester. He then moved to the Jewish quarter of Manchester, in the Cheetham Road area. His first job was working for Pilkington & Knot designers and he later worked freelance for Tootal Broadhurst Lee.
Jacob Dimoldenberg died on 7 December 1965.
Scope and ContentThe collection comprises large samples; designs for export to Africa; around five hundred designs for smaller items including ties; six volumes of designs for shirtings, scarves, pyjamas and ties; notebooks and documents.
Extent4 linear metres
Archival historyThe collection was sold to the Museum by Jacob Dimoldenberg's son, Maurice.
Levelfonds
Repository nameScience and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisationsDimoldenberg, M
Tootal Tootal Broadhurst Lee Company Limited became a limited liability company in 1888. The partnership consisted of Sir Joseph C Lee, Henry Tootal Broadhurst, Henry Lee, Edward Tootal Broadhurst, Harold Lee and Dr Lennox Lee. The company was formed out of the old company of Tootal, Broadhurst, Lee and Co and Lee Spinning Company.
In 1963 Tootal joined the English Sewing Cotton Company, which had been incorporated on the 16th July 1897 a change of name was further registered on the 24th May 1968 when the company became known as English Calico Ltd before eventually becoming known as Tootal Limited, on the 15th June 1973 becoming a plc in 1985 and known as Tootal Group Plc
The group was acquired by Coats Viyella Plc in 1991.
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