The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new (1907)
Blair, Matthew, d. 1908 · Paisley, A. Gardner · leaf 122
d artistictaste with oood manufacturino- • and Matthew Scott, on hisway to a meeting at the Infirmary or the Ragged School.Then gentle David Speirs, with head inclined, moving quietly Old Paisley 11 along, dreaming- of those exquisite designs in shawls, for whichhis firm was famous ; and burly… … St. Mihrkx Street, 190(). There among the yarn and cloth merchants would beProvost Philips, refined, courteous and cultured ; and ProvostPollock, a useful man in his day, and a choice raconteur; andJohn M. Symington, deep in all religious and educational move-ments ; and Hugh Brown, v^ith his…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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