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Red and blue carpet sample from 10th March 1934

10th March 1934

One hawk of dyed Scots tapestry wool

Folder - sample of Sundour wools on card, 1930. Part of the Morton Collection.

Two fabric samples, Soledon direct dyeing, 1931. Part of the Morton Collection.

Samples and related correspondence - 'Tynecastle' wallcloths made by Scott Morton and Company, Edinburgh, c. 1905. Part of the Morton Collection.

Collection of samples of "ground effects" on engraved rollers

Bundle of samples and correspondence on regarding engraved rollers, 1923. Part of the Morton Collection.

Samples - effect of dry-cleaning on permanent glaze finish, 1938. Part of the Morton Collection.

Card - piece dyeing of Solway Green on wool, 1924. Part of the Morton Collection.

Sample of fabric for Burberrys. Part of the Morton Collection.

Card - sample of Caledon dyes on wool and cotton, 1922. Part of the Morton Collection.

Envelope - Sundour dyeings on wool, with notes. Part of the Morton Collection.

Bundle of samples and notes - Denton process, 1905-1911. Part of the Morton Collection.

Ten envelopes of wools dyed with Sundour dyes. Part of the Morton Collection.

62 pre-Soledon dyed wool samples on wooden spindles. Part of the Morton Collection.

Light fastness test card, 1912-1916. Part of the Morton Collection.

Letter from Wilson of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) to James Morton. Caledon samples for Faraday exhibition, 1931. Part of the Morton Collection.

Samples of vat dyeing on silk yarn. Part of the Morton Collection.

Collection of samples, correspondence, etc., on Solway Dyes, 1919-1930. Part of the Morton Collection.

Seven fastness test cards for acetate dyeing, 1924. Part of the Morton Collection.

Sample of colour discharges on wool, with letter from Jim Jones, Chemist for Morton Sundour Fabrics, 1927. Part of the Morton Collection.

39 miscellaneous dyeings from various sources - early Solway Blue, competitor's products, etc., 1914-1928. Part of the Morton Collection.

Three folders of samples and notes on Soledon processing, 1926. Part of the Morton Collection.

Samples and notes - use of 'Velan' as a 'resist,' 1938. Part of the Morton Collection.

Letter and sample from J. Bancroft, Delaware U.S., on textile printing, 1926. Part of the Morton Collection.

Samples and correspondence - artificial shadow tissue effect by S.H. Sharp and Sons, Leeds, 1918. Part of Morton Collection.

Folder - 'Sand' (dyeing) programme with notes and samples, 1928-1929. Part of the Morton Collection.

Samples and correspondence on 'Cut-out Velvet' wallcovering (made in U.S.), 1934. Part of the Morton Collection.

Collection of eighty samples of dyed wools. Part of the Morton Collection.

Two dyed fabric samples, part of Morton Collection, 1906.

Bundle of samples and correspondence - 'Tinto' wallcoverings, 1920-1930. Part of the Morton Collection.

Dyed textile samples showing the chemical structures of dyes. Part of the Morton Collection.

Silk Fabric Dyed with Mauveine of a Pattern Supplied to Queen Victoria

circa 1860

Cotton items treated with "Pyrovatex CP" flame retardant

Three silk skeins and one cotton skein dyed with mauveine

Sample of woven wool showing original idea of the “raised effect”, made in c. 1893, which in 1898 developed into “Goyne” velvet and various imitations in Yorkshire, Germany etc.

Sample of woven wool showing original idea of the “raised effect”

1893

Box containing samples of Wallcloth, with related correspondence. Part of the Morton Collection.

Box containing samples of Wallcloth, with related correspondence. Part of the Morton Collection.

Collection of Sundour dyeings and pattern books, 1923-1930. Part of the Morton Collection.

Collection of Sundour dyeings and pattern books, 1923-1930. Part of the Morton Collection.

Sample green piece - dyed cloth, dyed by Ferguson Bros, 1913. Part of the Morton Collection.

Sample green piece - dyed cloth, dyed by Ferguson Bros, 1913. Part of the Morton Collection.

Samples of Jade Green book fabric (Cockerell press) as used in book bindings for George Bernard Shaw publications, 1930. Part of the Morton Collection.

Samples of Jade Green book fabric (Cockerell press) as used in book bindings for George Bernard Shaw publications, 1930. Part of the Morton Collection.

Bundle of fabric swatches, some labelled as ‘Sundour Guaranteed Unfadable’.

Bundle of fabric swatches, Sundour Guaranteed Unfadable

Booklet of fabric swatches titled ‘Val Dyes on Wool, Series B3’. Oct 1929.

‘Val Dyes on Wool, Series B3’. Oct 1929

Oct 1929

Bundle of colourful fabric swatches.

Morton Collection: Bundle of colourful fabric swatches

Booklet of fabric swatches tied together with string and marked with A.2 in top right corner.

Booklet of fabric swatches

Booklet of fabric swatches titled ‘Var Prints on Natural Silk Crepe’. May 1926.

‘Var Prints on Natural Silk Crepe’. May 1926

May 1926

Bundle of fabric swatches, some labelled as ‘Sundour Guaranteed Unfadable’.

Bundle of fabric swatches, Sundour Guaranteed Unfadable

Collection of bookcloth samples, 1930-1950. Part of the Morton Collection.

Collection of bookcloth samples, 1930-1950. Part of the Morton Collection.

Wool serge dyed to demonstrate mordanting, using iron mordant then dyed with alizarine (blue).

Wool serge dyed to demonstrate mordanting

Wool serge dyed to demonstrate mordanting using iron mordant.

Wool serge dyed to demonstrate mordanting using iron mordant

Differential dyeing shown by dress fabric, mixed nylon, before dyeing.

Differential dyeing shown by dress fabric