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Inthe late 1881 it was Jacob Willard who started in Laren ( N- H ) his business as a weaver with his own factory, where the production in those days existed in making cloths and covers for cows, all made by hand.
The start of the Willard family company
The start of weaving rugs was in 1890. Those rugs were called Tapis Belge”
In 1919, two mechanical weaving machines were bought to enlarge the production capacity.
It was around the years of 1935 that Steffen Willard started making 100 cm width carpets (boucle and sisal). The in Holland famous and well known Jabo” carpet. Five years later they started producing woolen carpets.
Steffen Willard behind his machine
Later on it was the third generation with Jacob Willard who started
making carpets. And later his brother John joined the company so
that quickly the name was changed to Carpet Factory Willard
Bros”
Jacob Willard as the Nestor of this Generation
At the end of the sixties the complete carpet factory business in Holland was under pressure of the wall to wall carpets which were now coming up from America.
For that reason, the decision was made by this third generation of Willard to start a wholesale trade company with carpets as their main product.