Mavi Boncuk |23 April 1923, 100 Cumulative Participating Preference Shares á £ 1, #76, 27.6 x 31.5 cm, blue, red, folds, very decorative. 23.04.1923, 100 Cumulative Participating Preference Shares á £ 1, #76, 27,6 x 31,5 cm, blau, rot, Knickfalten, hochdekorativ.
The company was founded in 1922 to take over the existing business of Cardinal & Harford Ltd[1]. which was a manufacturer for oriental carpets and rugs. The new company was controlled by Isaac Behar [2]who came from Istanbul. He established a successful business importing carpets from India, Afghanistan, Persia and Turkey.1901 Trade Ad from an old Architectural Journal publication
See also OCR text of: Turkey Carpets and their Manufacture A SKETCH. WITH ‘PHOTOGRAPHS. PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION. CARDINAL & HARFORD, LEVANT WAREHOUSE, I08, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON.
[1] "The oldest Levantine company to set up shop carpet weaving in Uşak was ‘
Article : Breslin Brothers (FRIES-BRESLIN CO., MANUFACTURERS OF SMYRNA Carpets, Rugs, Mats. MILLS: FERRY ROAD, CAMDEN, N. J) "October 4, 1904, New York Times, p. 2 Losses by Fire Camden, NJ, Oct 3. Fire today destroyed the extensive rug factory of the Fries-Breslin Company entailing a loss estimated at $400,000. The factory was a large four-story building. A large amount of finished goods and a great quantity of raw material were stored in the structure. There was an insurance of $825,000 on the building and contents. "
Interview with Sadık Uşaklıgil, January 2016
[2] Victor Behar, carpet manufacturer and retailer. Isaac Behar (he preferred to be known as Victor) came from Istanbul in Turkey and set up in business in Sauchiehall Street c 1900 as a supplier of oriental carpets, rugs and other articles of furniture. He established a successful business with a reputation for high quality, importing carpets and rugs from India, Afghanistan, Persia and Turkey. V Behar & Co was the original manufacturer of the Raheb Turkish Pile Carpet, made in Scotland from imported materials. The company employed skilled craftsmen and women from eastern countries to repair and reweave damaged carpets. The business expanded through the acquisition of the long-established London firm, Cardinal & Harford, and after the First World War bought a massive German owned carpet factory in Tabriz, Persia. Behar also had interests in India and Turkey as chairman of The Indian Carpet Manufacturers, and director of The Levant Carpet Manufacturers. Today, Behar Carpets claims to be Scotland's leading retailer of carpets and flooring products, with a network of fifteen stores throughout Scotland.