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The most famous moquette in the USA is the one sent by Louis XVI to George Washington. It was made for the banquet room in Mount Vernon, where it can still be seen.
Moquette is also famous for being used on London Transport's vehicles, particularly the seats of London Underground's Tube trains. During the decades of the many railway companies, there were some ten moquette manufacturers in the UK. As a result of the nationalisation of the railways after the Second World War and then the Beeching cuts of the early 1960s, the number of available customers plummeted. By the mid 1960s, there were just two suppliers, one of which was Courtaulds. The other continues to be Holdsworth Fabrics based in Huddersfield, UK.
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