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1855 Imperial Welcome Silk Pocket Square

Henry Poole & Co

£95

Gaslamp illuminations on the premises of Henry Poole Company, 38 Savile Row, to commemorate the State Visit of Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie of France, April 1855. In 1855, Napoleon III was welcomed to Henry Poole Company on 38 Savile Row with a spectacular display. The street was adorned with tricolour French flags and illuminated by a dramatic gas lit depiction of the Emperor’s iconic Napoleonic Eagle. The display was one of the first of its kind and drew crowds from across London who gathered to witness the event. Prints of the illustrations created to commemorate the occasion have hung

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UK company
Registered at Companies House as HENRY POOLE AND COMPANY (SAVILE ROW) LIMITED, number 00409961. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "Our showroom and cutting room are situated on the ground floor, while our tailoring workshops and Livery Department lie just below ground level." Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
No majority shareholding traced outside the UK. Companies House.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.