150 Years of #Liberty: Upon its unveiling, our four-story Tudor building emerged as a masterclass in craftsmanship, a stage for the finest joiners, carpenters, and artisans to showcase their skill. Employing superior materials like hand-worked Portland stone, century-old oak and teak from the venerable HMS Impregnable and Hindustan, and intricately carved wood, the building's design includes unique features such as ornately decorated lead rainwater pipes. The restoration process saw 1,550 casement windows, designed with leaded lights, meticulously removed and restored by specialists emulating medieval blacksmith techniques. The building’s crowning feature, a gold-leaf adorned weathervane model of the Mayflower, spins with the wind, visible from Oxford Street, adding a luminous historical touch to the city's skyline. #LifeAtLiberty #MoreThanAStore
About us
When our adventurous founder Arthur Lasenby Liberty laid plans for a London emporium laden with luxuries and fabrics from distant lands, his dream was to metaphorically dock a ship in the city streets. To this day, a voyage of discovery awaits on the good ship Liberty, with history hidden amongst six floors of cutting-edge design, unexpected edits and beautiful wares from the world's greatest craftspeople. Liberty's collection of ornaments, fabric and objets d'art from around the world proved irresistible to a society intoxicated at the time by Japan and the East and Liberty effected social change in interior design and dress, so much so that the Art Nouveau period in Italy is called 'Liberty Style'. A realisation of Arthur's original vision, our magnificent Great Marlborough Street shop followed in 1924. Our beautiful building was designed by Edwin T. Hall and his son Edwin S. Hall. In 1922, the builders Messrs Higgs & Hill were given a lump sum of £198,000 to construct it, which they did from the timbers of two ancient 'three-decker' battle ships. Records show more than 24,000 cubic feet of ships timbers were used including their decks now being the shop flooring: The HMS Impregnable - built from 3040 100-year-old oaks from the New Forest - and the HMS Hindustan, which measured the length and height of our Liberty building. The 1920s was a time of Tudor revival, considered the most crafted and English of architecture, so the shop was engineered around three atriums. Designed to feel like a home, each atrium was surrounded by smaller rooms, complete with fireplaces and furnishings. The building is now a heritage listed London icon and today, Liberty is famed for its directional design, cultural collaborations and inspiring curation. Our dedicated in-house design studio is still at the core of all that we do, hand painting and creating our beautiful prints, and reworking finds from the 45,000-strong archive.
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- Industry
- Retail
- Company size
- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- London
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1875
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Regent Street
London, W1B 5AH, GB
Employees at Liberty.
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Jacqueline Ednie
Head of Design
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Marina Malinverni
Lifestyle, Home & Interiors Director ; Partnership & Licensing Director Liberty London
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Joanna Stephenson
Digital | Director | Growth | Customer | Marketing | Board Member | Chartered Accountant
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Alex Marsal
Global Business Director Liberty Fabrics at Liberty Ltd
Updates
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Thank you for visiting Liberty Fabrics at Premiere Vision! We hope you enjoyed viewing the collection. To find out more click here https://lnkd.in/eaAYbEx4 for details or contact your regional representative to find out more https://lnkd.in/eGhbnJK4.
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150 Years of #Liberty: For Spring Summer 2025 Liberty Fabrics celebrates 150 Years with a theatrical spectacular. Join Designers Polly Mason and Dominique Devaux as they go behind the scenes of our iconic Tudor building and into the eclectic emporium where our story is 'retold' 💜 #LifeAtLiberty #MoreThanAStore #InTheStudio
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Thank you for visiting Liberty Fabrics at Milano Unica! We loved meeting you. To find out more click here https://lnkd.in/eaAYbEx4 for details or contact your regional representative to find out more https://lnkd.in/eGhbnJK4.
Tradeshows
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150 Years of #Liberty: The Tudor style of our building reflected our founder Arthur Lasenby Liberty’s admiration for that period’s traditions of master craftsman guilds and merchant adventuring. The exterior was conceptualised to resemble a line of historic timbered shops like The Rows in Chester, a historic walled city in the North West of England. #LifeAtLiberty #MoreThanAStore
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Come and meet the team! If you are attending Premiere Vision, visit the Liberty Fabrics stand or book an appointment with us to view the new SS26 fabric collection. Click here https://lnkd.in/eaAYbEx4 for details.
Tradeshows
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Are you attending this year’s Milano Unica? If so, please book an appointment with us to view the new Liberty Fabrics SS26 collection. Click here https://lnkd.in/eaAYbEx4 for details.
Tradeshows
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150 Years of #Liberty: Echoing the grandeur of Tudor architecture, our landmark chimneys are crafted from handmade bricks inspired by those at Hampton Court. Each brick, shaped from special moulds and meticulously hand-rubbed, forms unique patterns that stand out in the cityscape. Designed to be admired from the street, these chimneys enhance the building's gabled roofline, creating a distinctive and iconic skyline feature that captivates and adds historical depth. #LifeAtLiberty #MoreThanAStore
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150 Years of #Liberty: In the mid-1920s our founder Arthur Lasenby Liberty's visionary idea came to full fruition when his new Tudor emporium was opened on Great Marlborough Street. In order to continue its legacy, in 2020/21 we embarked on a major restoration - as we pledged to match the ambition, imagination, technical skill and profound craftsmanship that originally built it. Check out our retail team vacancies, based in our iconic home, as we celebrate our 150th Year 💜 #LifeAtLiberty #MoreThanAStore
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Christmas at Liberty has been filled with magic, not least thanks to our epic collaboration with Wicked✨ Drawn together by shared threads of craft and artisanal creation, this most fitting partnership between Liberty and the movie, spotlights a film meticulously realised through dramatic, hand-crafted sets, props and costumes. A celebration of the art of filmmaking, storytelling and artisanal making has been brought to life in our iconic windows: where Wicked’s compelling tale begins. Followed by our showstopping Atrium centrepiece, as you journey through the store which has been transformed into the enchanted Emerald City🫧🖌️ Our in-house teams and community of brands curated a collection of pieces destined to dazzle this Christmas. The centrepiece of this cornucopia? Two new and exclusive Liberty Fabrics inspired by Wicked, and drawing on our heritage print archive, designed in-house at our famed design studio 🌷💜 #LifeAtLiberty #MoreThanAStore
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