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with white mohair and interlaced with gold Fairtex thread. Robert Sherwood, who was a designer and engineer for Goodall in those distant days, and a delightful travelling companion on the journeys to Wells Junction, often laughs when he eases his huge frame into one of these divans. "I remember you when ---," he says. "When" was more than 25 years ago and from all indications they might well be around for another 25 years. Mohair refuses to wear out. 
 
I would not want to create the impression that I was an instant success in my new field, greeted with unqualified applause in every I did. For a time, the salesmen looked at the fabrics I designed with dark forebodings. "Too high style," one of them growled. "Much too high for the trade. What we need is something that will sell a million yards to the Statler chain." He was right, of course. "Art" and "the trade" are not always compatible; it is part of a designer's function to work