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Nine dye fastness test cards with various exposures on the threads

1909

Assortment of dye fastness test cards

1906

Assortment of dye fastness test cards

Six dye fastness thread test cards. Part of the Morton Collection

1907

Three thread dye fastness test cards. Part of the Morton Collection

1912-1913

Letter and newspaper cuttings from J. E. Jesse to James Morton regarding artificial cotton

1928

Paper by Jim Jones (Chemist for Morton Sundour Fabrics)

1936

Selection of test cards and samples about fast woollen experiments

1909-1916

Correspondence and samples on cloth for Swiss Army via Yarrows

1912-1914

Numerous perspiration test cards

1915-1925

Sample of Sundour wool showing wash test

1912

Sundour piece dying light fastness routine test cards

1909-1912

Fastness test cards

1916

Three sheets of wool piece dyeing samples

1912

Morton Collection: 5 small samples sent to Macclesfield

1937

Morton Collection: Concertina fabric trials, 1942

1942

Bundle of ‘fast and light silks’

1912

Samples of Post War miscellaneous products

Small box containing fan weft slackener and 2 circular reels of ladder chenille

September 1929

Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India

1905-1915

Miscellaneous letters regarding business matters between Alexander Morton and Company

1905

Notes made on a visit to Brassard by James Morton

1938

Six dye fastness test cards. Part of the Morton Collection

1914-1916

Notes on suggestions for the manufacture of artificial leather based on I. G. Farben’s ‘Igelit'

1938

Letter from I. G. Farben to James Morton regarding a visit from J. Morton

1938

Five dye fastness test pieces with different shades. Part of the Morton Collection

1906

Miscellaneous dye fastness test pieces

1908

Thread dye fastness test cards in two bundles

1909

‘Idea’ notebook for wax as a colour protector

1930

Letter from Jocelyn Morton to Hannoy

1956

Numerous samples of piece dying on cloth for Heal – Sundour wash test

1912

Forty-two short exposure routine tests of bulk dyeing’s of yarn on card. Each sample is coded with yarn count

1909-1910

Fastness test cards

1916-1917

Assortment of cards showing light fastness tests on competitors production piece dyeing’s

1910-1917

Bundle of test cards showing dye printing

1912-1913

Samples and correspondence with Burberry

1912-1914

Sample book - wool piece dyeing from Lancaster with index, 1930. Part of the Morton Collection.

Morton Collection: Creweued Linen Samples

20 cards of different chenille threads

Feb 1932-July 1934

‘Idea’ notebook for protective agents for fabrics

1938

Letter from Jim Jones (Chemist for Morton Sundour Fabrics)

1930

Catalogue of fabrics dyed with Burberry’s indelible dyes

1918-1923

Folder of correspondence with different clients

1913-1914

Blue dyed fabric samples and notes

Blue dyed fabric samples and notes

File 127. Miscellaneous wefted knit fabrics, 1930-41.

Miscellaneous wefted knit fabrics

1930-41

File 125. James Morton’s collected samples of wool and vegetable fibres from 1910 onwards.

James Morton’s collected samples of wool and vegetable fibres

1910 onwards

File 126. Samples of knotted and netted cloth products from outside machines, correspondence from 1918 and samples.

Samples of knotted and netted cloth products

1918

File 123. Machine embroidery techniques, collected samples and letters by James Morton from outside firms.

Machine embroidery techniques, samples and letters

File 124. James Morton’s collected fabric samples from various factories with ideas for future uses.

James Morton’s collected fabric samples

File 122. Notes by G. Allison (Murrell Hill, Carlisle). Notes on mechanics of weft insertion with diagrams, 1935, diagrams of weaves for various terry fabrics, 1941, and correspondence with J. Morton.

Notes by G. Allison on mechanics of weft insertion

1935-41