The banner of the Reading Branch of the Independent Labour Party

(to be updated)

Any information about this banner would be appreciated. We are keen to know:
- Who designed it and who made it.
- Is the font used for the text seen elsewhere?
- Was the design influenced by the Arts and Craft movement / William Morris?

The ILP was one of the groups that founded the labour Party.

Information about the current ILP can be found here.
http://www.independentlabour.org.uk/main/

another link on the background to the ILP can be found here.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Pilp.htm

For information about ILP on the Clyde look here.
http://sites.scran.ac.uk/redclyde/redclyde/docs/rcgroilp.htm

For a critical history try here.
http://www.workersliberty.org/node/5391

Produced for the Working Class Movement Library, Salford, by Worcester Labour History Studies Group, which has now closed.

Photography by Martin Shakeshaft.

Printed at The Russell Press, Nottingham

Photography and print by unionised labour

Frames

This and the two other posters of banners from the Working Class Movement Museum were designed to fit the mount of a specific IKEA picture frame, RIBBA size 50cm x 70cm. It's original product code was 20396. Here is the link to the current equivalent frame.

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/90268867/#/70142930

We are not suggesting that IKEA is the bees knees. You might like to review the following links.

http://ethicalperformance.com/reports/view/901

http://www.uniglobalunion.org/news/ikea-workers-rights-abuses-make-headlines-home-0

Comments welcomed.