With our sister company, Anstey Wallpaper Company, we can effortlessly colour match for you. This is thanks to our design studios working closely together, as well as our investment in state of the art, Durst digital machinery. As a Durst Centre of Excellence we continue to work closely with our strategic business partner to be […]

Standfast & Barracks and Anstey Wallpaper Company, are custodians to an archive collection of original textile designs, artworks, samples and ledgers. Our working archive is a treasure trove of decorative art from around the world dating back to the 17th century. After a recent acquisition of over 1000 unique archive documents, we have relaunched The Archive […]

As the year comes to a close, we couldn’t resist looking back at the most incredible year we have had! Packed with centenary celebrations, our best Proposte Fair to date and many visits across the world to our fabulous customers, we are looking back with pride, and looking forward to what 2025 has in store! […]

This Weekend, in Blackburn, we celebrated The National Festival of Making and our Artist in Residence, Margo Selby’s, wonderful artwork. All About 'Breathing Colour' The textile installation, ‘Breathing Colour’ was suspended from the heights of Blackburn Cathedral - it was formed of 100 metres of printed and pleated fabric in celebration of our Centenary year, […]

On Wednesday 19th June, we marked our centenary with a fantastic day of celebrations across all Sanderson Design Group sites.  At Standfast and Barracks we welcomed a wonderful group of guests including the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, Amanda Parker, the Deputy Mayor of Lancaster, Hamish Mills, and valued customers, as well as members of the […]

Spirit of reinvention keeps textile factory alive for a century, by Amy Wilson. We are delighted to share that The Times have written an article about us, in celebration of our centenary. The piece discusses how we have evolved and grown to survive war, flood and globalisation. As well as, how we continue to adapt […]

As the year comes to an end, we thought it would be a good time to reflect on the highlights of 2023, the successes and the new connections we have made.  The end of the year marks the first full year of collaboration with our sister company, Anstey Wallpaper Company. This partnership combined the Archive […]