To these must be added bleach works, textile print works, and the engineering workshops and foundries, all serving the cotton industry.

Textile print as an art form still defines the brand, as do fabrication, construction and attention to detail.

As it was her ambition to raise the status of textile printing to the level of other crafts, she soon began experimenting with block printing.

From this early date his design work widened to include carpets, ceramics, furniture, glass, graphics, metalwork, including silver and electroplate, and textiles printed and woven.