DE JERSEY & CO.
A name returned
to cotton.
Documented in Manchester’s cotton trade from 1828. Reimagined for today.
From
Manchester
The history of De Jersey & Co. reaches into the nineteenth-century cotton trade of Manchester.
For an earlier generation, cotton represented enterprise, material knowledge and international exchange. Today, that history is reinterpreted through refined garments bearing the family emblem.
The modern house does not claim uninterrupted operation since the nineteenth century. It returns to a documented name and family story with care, precision and a contemporary purpose.
A family
connection
DE JERSEY & CO. was revived to preserve and reinterpret a family history connected to cotton.
At the heart of the house is the family coat of arms. It serves as a mark of origin—a connection between generations and a reminder that inherited history can be carried forward with restraint.
Documented in Manchester
Bank of England correspondence cited in later business-history research records De Jersey & Co. in Manchester’s cotton trade by this date.
From Manchester to Moscow
After learning the textile trade with De Jersey & Co., Ludwig Knoop travelled to Moscow as assistant to the firm’s representative.
A wider textile enterprise
L. Knoop & Co. was established in association with De Jersey & Co. and the textile-machinery maker Platt Brothers of Oldham.
A new chapter
The name and family emblem return through a contemporary wardrobe built around cotton, restraint and continuity.
“This is not a reproduction of the past. It is its continuation through a new generation.”
Sources behind the story.
The history presented by the house is based on published historical and biographical references. These sources support the dates and relationships stated above while avoiding an unsupported claim of uninterrupted commercial continuity.