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During the 1930s, Lloyd Loom was at the height of its popularity, a household name in both the UK and the US, with its furniture gracing homes, hotels and restaurants. Invented in 1917 by American Marshall Burns Lloyd – already credited with 200 patented inventions – it is its ingenious weave that makes it remarkable as well as easy to recognise. Made of twisted kraft paper