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Whiting & Davis ya fara kasuwanci a 1876 a matsayin Wade, Davis & Company a Plainville, Massachusetts. Ko da yake an san kamfanin ne da farko don samar da jakunkuna masu kyau, sun fara farawa ta kayan ado kamar zane-zane, zane-zane, zane-zane chatelaine, alamomi, da maƙalafan linzamin kwamfuta, a cewar shafin yanar gizo na Whiting & Davis.
Charles Whiting, wanda ya fara hayar a matsayin mai aiki na Wade, Davis & Company a shekara ta 1876, ya yi aiki a cikin gudanarwa kuma ya zama abokin tarayya a cikin kamfanin a 1886.
An canja sunan kamfanin a wancan lokacin zuwa Whiting & Davis. A shekara ta 1907, Whiting shine kadai mai mallakar kamfanin.
Na farko Whiting & Davis Metal Mesh jakunkuna
Charles Whiting ya sanya jakar ta farko don sabon kamfanin kamfanin Whiting & Davis a shekara ta 1892. Wakilan da suka biyo bayan shekaru ashirin da suka gabata an cika su gaba daya. A hakikanin gaskiya, 'yan mata na gida sunyi yawa da yawa a cikin "fashioning shinge" wanda ke aiki haxa kusan 1,000 zobe a rana. Hanyar wannan aiki na masana'antu ta kasance mai saurin aiki, kuma wanda Whiting ya zama wanda bai dace ba.
Maganin? Yin aiki tare da wani mai kirkiro mai suna AC Pratt, Whiting ya kirkiro na'ura ta atomatik a shekarar 1912. Za a iya samar da jakunkuna a madadin kimanin 400,000 a kowace rana, kuma a cikin nau'i-nau'i daban-daban, wanda ya bunkasa ƙwarewar samar da kamfanin, a cewar tsohon Biye da Richard Holiner (Litattafan Tattara - yanzu ba a buga) ba.
A shekarar 1920, kamfanin ya karu daga na'urorin sarrafa kayan aiki 12 zuwa 500. Ci gaban kamfanoni a wannan lokaci ya kasance da sauri cewa an bude wani reshe a Kanada, kuma an ajiye ofisoshin a New York City da Chicago, Illinois. A shekarar 1926 lokacin da aka gina wani sabon ma'aikata, "an dauke Whiting & Davis a matsayin mafi yawan masana'antun masana'antu a duniya," inji kamfanin yanar gizon.
Daga 1912 zuwa 1925, mafi yawa daga cikin jaka na Whiting & Davis aka samar da su ne na azurfa ko ƙari (ainihin zinare a kan azurfa). Waɗannan su ne kananan jaka tare da siliki linings da hannun hannu engraved Frames. Yawancin matakan da aka kafa tare da sapphires na gaske da sauran gemstones. A 1923, Uwargida Grace Coolidge ta dauki zane-zane na musamman na mike a mijinta. Amma kamar yadda shekarun 1920 suka ci gaba, Whiting & Davis ya fara gano wasu ƙananan farashin farashin don kayan aiki don samar da su zuwa ga mafi yawan abokan ciniki.
Shigar da Era na Fentin Bait
Duk da yake wasu jakar da suka hada da azurfa da aka hada da nau'in zinariya sun cika a shekarun 1920s, an yi ƙoƙari don "ƙara daɗaɗɗen roƙo kuma rage farashin," Holiner ya raba cikin littafinsa. An sanya jaka a ƙananan ƙarfe, azurfa ko zinari na zinariya, jan ƙarfe, da azurfa na nickel (nau'i na ƙarya azurfa), da kuma matakan da aka yi amfani da na'ura a maimakon an yi wa takarda.
An sanya nauyin jakar da aka sanya a wannan lokacin tare da alamu masu kyau, yayin da jakar jakar taɗi, wadda aka fi sani da Dresden raga (kamar misalin da aka nuna a nan), yana da ƙarancin ƙarancin jiki da kuma karuwa. Dukkanansu an yi wa ado, a cewar Holiner, ta hanyar yin siliki da aka kammala a cikin kwanaki da dama - daya daga cikin launin launi don 24 hours kafin amfani da wani launi.
A 1929, Whiting & Davis ya samar da babban jakar jakar jaka da aka tsara tare da fannoni na zamani na Paul Poiret, ciki har da abin da yanzu aka rubuta a matsayin Pochet Pouch.
Mutane da yawa masu hikima da kyawawan dabi'u sun faru a wannan lokacin ciki har da jakar da aka yi da Dylesia wanda aka haɗa da foda . Ana kuma samar da jaka da yawa tare da zane-zane na Art Deco, kuma waɗannan suna da karfin gaske ga masu tarawa kamar yadda tsarin Mandarin Mfg. Co. , wani dan wasa na Whiting & Davis ya yi.
Ya zuwa tsakiyar shekarun 1930, kamfanin ya dakatar da samar da nau'ikan jaka na kayan aiki da aka fi sani da su, amma ba su da wata kasuwanci.
Jaka na '30s da Beyond
Shirye-shiryen hangen nesa na Whiting & Davis a kan kayan gwaninta ya jagoranci wata kasida mai gabatarwa mai suna "Hand in Hand with Fashion," da ma'anar da suka yi amfani da su a tallace-tallace a wannan lokaci, kuma sun ci gaba da yin tarayya da manyan sunayen a duniya.
Kamar yadda aka gani a cikin tallace-tallace tun daga farkon shekarun 1930 a Vogue da Harper Bazaar , Whiting & Davis ya yi hulɗa tare da dan wasan Faransanci Elsa Schiaparelli don samar da jakunkuna na siliki wanda ake kira "Bayan Schiaparelli." An yi waɗannan jaka a nau'ukan nau'i-nau'i da yawa a cikin zinariya- da launin azurfa-sautin. An halicce su ne daga Armor Mesh da kamfanin Beadlite a wasu hanyoyi da dama zuwa wannan zamani kamar su rufi na envelope.
An sanya nau'in jaka da aka yi da jakar da aka fi sani da Alumesh a lokacin marigayi 1930s. Wadannan nau'ikan jaka sun nuna nauyin nau'i na sassauki da ma'adinan da aka yi da filastik tare da babban kayan ado na grosgrain.
An kuma samar da wasu kayan zinare na zinariya da azurfa-sauti tare da kullun da aka yi da kullun da kuma jakar kuɗi tare da ɗakunansu. Wadannan ba su da tsada kamar yadda tsofaffi na fentin takalma suke amma har yanzu suna samun gida a cikin ɗakunan jaka da yawa. Jakunan da aka samar a cikin shekarun 1930 sun kasance irin wannan babban ingancin cewa suna da yawa fiye da su, saboda haka wani littafi kamar Handbags na Roseann Ettinger na Schiffer Publishing zai iya taimaka wa masu tattara su dace da su.
Wartime production ya haifar da Whiting & Davis don matsawa mayar da hankali ga wani haɗin gwiwa tare da Raytheon samar da muhimmanci radar kayan aiki a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu shekaru. Amma marigayi '40s da 1950 sun ga sake dawowa kasuwancin jakar kuɗi da kuma wasu abubuwa da suka hada da kaya, kwallis, da kayan ado a wannan lokacin.
A cikin shekarun 1980, kamfanin "Heritage Collection" kamfanin ya lura da irin hanyoyin da ake sauraren kuɗi a cikin shekarun da suka gabata tun daga baya. Yawancin bambancin "farkawa" da aka yi a cikin shekaru, kuma da yawa daga cikin wadannan jaka suna tattarawa a kansu a yanzu.
Kamfanin Whiting & Davis na zamani
Bayan da dangin Charles Whiting ya gudu daga shekarar 1966, da kuma wasu wasu abubuwan da aka samu na mallakar mallakarsa, daga bisani aka ba da kaya da jaka a Indolink Corp. a shekarar 1999. Darrin Cutler.
Sabon maigidan ya farfado da kayan kasuwancin kamfanin ta hanyar gabatar da wata ranar tunawa da kayan ado mai kyau da kayan ado na zinari don tunawa da shekaru 135 na Whiting & Davis a 2011.
Celebrities da kuma gaye Ladies daidai jin dadin dauke da na da kuma zamani Whiting & Davis jakar jakunkuna a yau. Wannan ya haɗa da sababbin kayayyaki irin su nau'in nauyin nau'i da nau'i mai nau'i da kuma jimillar salon kamar jakar jakar kuɗi mai suna.
Ƙara koyo game da wannan siffar da ake ciki: Whiting & Davis: Fiye da Kayan Miki .