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Textile samples by Ralli Brothers

Textile samples by Ralli Brothers, Manchester. Samples are of different weights, weaves and colours of Ralli Brothers’ textiles. Collected by a clerk book-keeper during his employment at Ralli Bros between 1949-1952.

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Textile samples by Ralli Brothers, Manchester. It is a thick plain fabric, number 1413 is written on fabric. There is remnants of torn paper stuck to the reverse side, where a paper label would have been.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile samples by Ralli Brothers, Manchester. This is a plain, heavy fabric with one faint line. Numbers 29221 and Harwood Prospect is written in pencil of the fabric.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile samples by Ralli Brothers, Manchester. This plain fabric, likely cotton, has SB4639 printed in blue ink on edge.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile sample by Ralli Brothers made between 1919 - 1953. The cream fabric, likely cotton, has two printed Ralli Brothers trademarks. There is also Made in England stamped on it. There is a small stitch at bottom and top to hold the fabric together.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile samples by Ralli Brothers, Manchester. This plain cream fabric is likely cotton, it has a small pencil number 1408 written on it.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile samples by Ralli Brothers, Manchester. This plain fabric, likely cotton, has a small pencil number 13345 written on it. There are also two undecipherable words in blue written on the fabric.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile sample by Ralli Brothers made between 1919 - 1953. The cream fabric, likely cotton, has two printed Ralli Brothers trademarks. There is also a Made in England stamp. Number 773 is printed in ink on the fabric. On the back, there is a paper Ralli Brothers label stuck on with 773. There is a small stitch at bottom and top, holding the fabric together.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile sample by Ralli Brothers made between 1919 - 1953. The cream fabric, likely cotton, has two blue ink printed Ralli Brothers trademarks stating the company’s registered locations, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. There is also a Made in England stamped on it. There is a small label attached with the number 22745 written in pencil.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile sample by Ralli Brothers made between 1919 - 1953. The cream fabric, likely cotton, has two blue ink printed Ralli Brothers trademarks stating the company’s registered locations, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. It also has a Made in England stamp on it. There is a small label attached with the number 22843 written in pencil.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile sample by Ralli Brothers made between 1919 - 1953. The cream fabric, likely cotton, has a blue ink printed Ralli Brothers trademark stating the company’s registered locations, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. There is a small label attached with the number 22491 written in pencil. Number 7863 is printed in blue ink on fabric.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile sample by Ralli Brothers made between 1919 - 1953. The cream fabric, likely cotton, has a printed Ralli Brothers trademark and a Made in England stamp. There is the number 759 written in pencil R.K.B 578128 is printed in blue ink.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile sample by Ralli Brothers, Manchester. This is a plain cream-coloured felt-like fabric.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile samples by Ralli Brothers, Manchester. This is three plain fabrics held together with a metal pin. There are different colours of textile: cream/beige, brown/khaki, blue/grey.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile sample by Ralli Brothers, Manchester. It is a gauze-like white material. The label pinned to the top right corner reads Tantex. No 916. Terylene.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile sample by Ralli Brothers made between 1919 - 1953. The cream fabric, likely cotton, has two blue ink printed Ralli Brothers trademarks stating two of the company’s registered locations, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. Made in England is also stamped in blue ink on the fabric. On the reverse of the fabric there are the remains of a torn blue paper label.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile samples by Ralli Brothers, Manchester. This thick plain fabric has a blue ink print of arm busting open a beaded bracelet with 957 printed below. Number R432 is also printed in blue ink on the fabric.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile samples by Ralli Brothers, Manchester. This is a plain, heavy fabric with one faint line. Numbers 29137 and Harwood Prospect written in pencil pn the fabric.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile samples by Ralli Brothers, Manchester. This plain fabric, likely cotton.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile sample by Ralli Brothers made between 1919 - 1953. The cream fabric, likely cotton, has two blue printed Ralli Brothers trademarks. This is also a Made in England stamp. Number 774 is printed in ink on the fabric. There are the remains of adhesive where a paper label would have been.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile sample by Ralli Brothers made between 1919 - 1953. The cream fabric, likely cotton, has a blue ink printed Ralli Brothers trademark stating two of the company’s registered locations, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. There is a small pencil number B585 on the reverse of the fabric.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile sample by Ralli Brothers made between 1919 - 1953. The cream fabric, likely cotton, has a blue ink printed Ralli Brothers trademark stating two of the company’s registered locations, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. There is a small pencil number B584 on the reverse of the fabric, as well as the remains of a torn blue paper label.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile sample by Ralli Brothers made between 1919 - 1953. The cream fabric, likely cotton, has two blue ink printed Ralli Brothers trademarks stating the company’s registered locations, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. There is also a Made in England stamp. On the fabric, there are the remains of adhesive where a paper label would have been. A small label remains attached, with 22825 written in pencil on it.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile sample by Ralli Brothers made between 1919 - 1953. The cream fabric, likely cotton, has a blue ink printed Ralli Brothers trademark stating the company’s registered locations, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. There is a small label attached with the number 22481 written in pencil. Number 7953 is printed in blue ink on fabric.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile sample by Ralli Brothers made between 1919 - 1953. The cream fabric, likely cotton, has two blue ink printed Ralli Brothers trademarks stating two of the company’s registered locations, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. There is also Made in England stamped in blue ink. On the reverse of the fabric there is a patch of adhesive where a paper label would have been.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile samples by Ralli Brothers, Manchester. This is a plain, heavy fabric. A Ralli Brothers paper label is adhered to one end. The pencil number 15 is written at one edge of the fabric.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953
Textile sample by Ralli Brothers, Manchester. It is a fine white shirting fabric with red and blue stripes along one edge. ‘Fine White Shirting’, ‘40 Yards’ and a Ralli Brothers trademark are printed in blue ink on the fabric. There are two small paper stickers. The letter ‘J’ is embroidered on the fabric. Various pencil notes are written on the fabric.

textile sample from Ralli Brothers

1919-1953