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Hand & Lock is an embroidery brand in the United Kingdom〔("Embroidery enjoys a fashion renaissance" ). ''Financial Times'', June 19, 2015, Grace Cook〕 created from the merger of M Hand & Company and S Lock in 2001, and is based in Fitzrovia, London. ==History== M Hand & Company Ltd was founded in London in 1767.〔("Hand & Lock: the finer details" ). ''The Telegraph''. Tilly Macalister-Smith, April 13, 2015〕 Hand was a Huguenot refugee who was skilled in working with gold lace, and had studied under Italian craftsmen.〔''(Embroidering the Future ), Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia''〕 In 1898, C E Phipps began creating embroidered fashion items and selling them to department stores. Phipps retired in 1956 and sold the company to Stanley Lock. The newly named S Lock Company expanded to create special order embroidery items for fashion houses, including Christian Dior, Norman Hartnell, Hardy Amies and Catherine Walker〔〔("Have it your way: the best customisable fashion" ). ''The Telegraph''.〕 The company has created embroidered gowns for Queen Elizabeth and Diana, Princess of Wales.〔''(Olivia Von Halle Hand & Lock Collaboration )'', vogue〕 In 1972 it was awarded a Royal Warrant. In 2001 M Hand & Company and S. Lock merged to form the firm Hand & Lock, and continued to design and manufacture specialty embroidered fashion items.〔("Made-to-measure services for gentlemen - on spot and online" ). ''Be Global Fashion Network'' By +Veselka Petrova Published: 18/03/2015〕 In 2012 they embroidered the banners for the royal barge for Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebrations〔''(Diamond Jubilee: Royal Banners Revealed )'',LBC〕 In 2014 Hand & Lock were commissioned to do the embroidery on Mary Katrantzou's Autumn/Winter 2014 collection〔''(Behind the Seams ), W Magazine''〕 In 2015 the company contributed images to a replica of the Wikipedia article about the Magna Carta as part of a community art project designed by Cornelia Parker.〔("Modern Magna Carta is created with the help of a Whittlesey artist" ). ''Wisbech Standard''. 19 August 2015. Kath Sansom.〕〔("A stitch in time: Cornelia Parker's Magna Carta (An Embroidery) on display at the British Library" ). ''Wallpaper''. 9 Jun 2015 / By David Paw〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hand & Lock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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