bespoke leather goods founded 1856 founder fredrick krolle headquarters 43 berkeley square london wij 5ap london england website www.tannerkrolle.com a tanner krolle eva bag tanner krolle is a manufacturer of leather goods based in london united kingdom . contents 1 history 2 present day 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1856 frederick franz krolle founded the company . 1 2 in the early 1920s business slowed . at around this time frank squires a salesman introduced albert krolle to frank garrett managing director and chairman of r.t. tanner and co. ltd. the two quickly became friends and f. garrett suggested moving the entire a. krolle business to dorset rise into r.t. tanner & co. ltd. premises where there was spare space . this saved the a. krolle business which became an equal partnership trading as tanner and company . customers at this time included include harrods asprey debenham freebodies dickens and jones john pound drews and finnigans all of which were interested in the company s handcrafted leather goods . in the 1930s and 1940s the business grew as albert s son geoffrey krolle joins the business . tanner and co. continued to receive tenders from the ministry of supply for straps gun instrument covers cockpit covers canvas and leather equipment for military use . unfortunately in 1940 the entire building in dorset rise was destroyed through bombing and fire and all records archive material historical pieces were lost . new premises were temporarily found in wheatsheaf house in carmelite street in the old daily mail building . by the end of the 1940s r.t. tanner and co. ltd. moved to crayford and the company began exporting to the u.s.a. to stores such as brooks saks gimbel crouch fitzgerald and london harness . harrods remained the biggest customer along with fortnum and mason as the product line was expanded to include zip suitcases pullman bags attach cases and document cases . in the 1950s a. krolle died and the structure evolved as tanner and co. bought another high quality leather manufacturer j.d. watts for 6 000 . soon after on 23 november 1956 tanner krolle and co. ltd. formed a move which restored the krolle family name into the trading title . the 1960s and 1970s continued to see growth and the name tanner krolle was first mentioned on products sold to fortnum and mason and eventually harrods . selfridges and other department stores were added and the product range was extended as the company began exporting to the continent . in the early 1990s tanner krolle was purchased by chanel with alain wertheimer presiding over the acquisition 3 and later in 2003 a private equity group acquired the company which owns tanner krolle to this day . present day edit tanner krolle continues manufacture leather goods and accept commissions from style icons and royal households worldwide . notable customers include jackie onassis who bespoke equestrian accessories and luggage diana princess of wales 4 who travelled extensively using tanner krolle luggage and later commissioned school trunks for princes william and harry as well as saudi arabia s late king fahd bin abdul aziz al saud . references edit melanie rickey . best of british ; kilgour pringle daks british brands with an illustrious past and at one time an uncertain future . the free library.com . solo syndication limited 2004 . tanner krolle loosens up . women s wear daily . 22 october 2003 . world s richest people forbes magazine 2002 . van der post lucia . a classic alternative to the it bag the times . 26 march 2009 . external links edit tanner krolle site itluggage reviews retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tanner krolle & oldid 736683305 categories companies based in londonluxury brandshidden categories use british english from february 2012use dmy dates from october 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 august 2016 at 04 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view