▁Christ y ▁company ▁date ▁from ▁at ▁least ▁ 1 8 3 3 , ▁when ▁the ▁Stock port ▁firm ▁of ▁W . ▁M . ▁Christ y ▁& ▁S ons ▁Ltd ▁– ▁established ▁by ▁bank er ▁and ▁h atter ▁William ▁Miller ▁Christ y ▁– ▁was ▁manufact uring ▁cot ton ▁goods . ▁Christ y ' s ▁son , ▁the ▁noted ▁collect or ▁and ▁eth n ologist ▁Henry ▁Christ y , ▁discovered ▁the ▁product ▁that ▁would ▁make ▁the ▁company ▁famous . ▁While ▁trav elling ▁in ▁Ist an bul , ▁he ▁saw ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁loop ed ▁p ile ▁fabric ▁that ▁is ▁known ▁today ▁as ▁ter ry ▁to well ing , ▁but ▁which ▁was ▁initially ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁' T urk ish ▁to wel '. ▁The ▁company ▁found ▁a ▁method ▁of ▁we aving ▁the ▁loop ed ▁p ile ▁fabric ▁on ▁an ▁industrial ▁scale ▁using ▁a ▁machine ▁designed ▁by ▁one ▁of ▁their ▁employees ▁Samuel ▁Hol t , ▁who ▁pat ented ▁the ▁design . ▁The ▁first ▁Christ y ▁to w els ▁factory ▁opened ▁in ▁Dro yl s den ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 0 . ▁A ▁year ▁later , ▁Christ y ▁to w els ▁were ▁displayed ▁at ▁The ▁Great ▁Ex hib ition ▁at ▁Cry stal ▁Palace , ▁Queen ▁Victoria ▁became ▁an ▁early ▁client . ▁By ▁ 1 8 9 1 , ▁the ▁company ' s ▁Fair fields ▁Mill ▁in ▁Dro yl s den ▁had ▁ 3 1 0 ▁lo oms ▁and ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁sp ind les , ▁according ▁to ▁Wor r all ' s