Editing Kidderminster (section)

==Economy==
The modern carpet industry was founded in the area in 1785 by [[Brintons]]. The carpet industry became extremely important to the local economy, so much so that the local newspaper is still named ''[[Kidderminster Shuttle|The Shuttle]]'' after the shuttles used on the carpet [[loom]]s.<ref name=MapAddict>{{cite book|last=Parker|first=Mike|title=Map Addict|year=2010|publisher=Collins|location=London|isbn=978-0-00-735157-2|page=17}}</ref> A type of carpet was known as '''Kidderminster carpet''' or, in the United States, '''Ingrain carpet''': this was a reversible carpet with no pile, with the pattern showing in opposite colours on the two faces, and was popular from the 18th to early 20th centuries.<ref name="burrows">{{cite web |title=A Brief History of English Carpets/Stourvale Mill |url=http://www.burrows.com/hist.html |website=www.burrows.com |access-date=11 September 2020}}</ref> By 1951 there were over thirty carpet manufacturers in the town,<ref name="Shuttle">{{cite news
|url=http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/8347419.Wyre_Forest_carpet_industry_doyen_retires_at_80/
|title=Wyre Forest carpet industry doyen retires at 80
|date=24 August 2010
|work=The Shuttle
|publisher=Newsquest (Midlands South) Ltd
|access-date=15 October 2013}}</ref> including, for example, Quayle & Tranter (now defunct). They commissioned such notable artists as [[George Bain (artist)|George Bain]] to create their traditional Celtic designs.<ref name="Christie">{{cite web
|url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/george-bain-for-quayle-and-tranter-hunting-4860730-details.aspx?intObjectID=4860730
|title=GEORGE BAIN FOR QUAYLE AND TRANTER
|publisher=Christie's
|access-date=15 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Bonhams">{{cite web
|url=http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19868/lot/542/
|title=George Bain, A Celtic pattern hunting rug
|publisher=Bonhams
|access-date=15 October 2013}}</ref>
Aided by a 2004 grant from the [[Heritage Lottery Fund]], a [[Museum of Carpet|museum]] dedicated to the Kidderminster carpet industry was officially opened by [[Christopher Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham|Lord Cobham]] in 2012.<ref name="CarpetMuseum">{{cite web
 |url         = http://81.136.227.1/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Index.tcl
 |title       = Carpet Museum
 |publisher   = The Carpet Museum Trust
 |access-date  = 15 October 2013
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20131015024402/http://81.136.227.1/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Index.tcl
 |archive-date = 15 October 2013}}</ref>