Description
Benton & Johnson is the leading manufacturer of Gold Work embroidery threads, purls, pearl purls, check threads, plates and coloured threads. It is a traditional company keeping up high standards of craftsmanship while developing exciting new products to match new ideas in hand embroidery. Benton & Johnson’s original values are unchanged – superb craft skills, quality and service.
Metallic embroidery threads are made using round or flattened wire, usually gold, silver or copper, which may or may not have a core of another material. Machines are used to plait and combine the wire. Metallic threads are used for embroidery, particularly in historical costumes, the theatre, and for insignia. The Royal School of Needlework’s training in gold thread embroidery also provides a big market.
