Spools of Slub Yarn
1968 (manufactured)
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In the 1960s Courtaulds took over the Lancashire Cotton Corporation and a number of small companies as a result of the decline in the cotton industry and converted these to spinning Courtelle. A sample range was usually made up of 14 colours to accommodate the designer’s need for producing designs with six colourways. Dr Greenwood of Courtaulds Furnishing Fabric Marketing Division based in Coventry commissioned woven textiles designer and colour consultant Pat Moloney to design and hand weave a range of samples which would show off the new yarns. Moloney designed furnishing fabrics with ranges from the following producers of Courtelle: Richards of Aberdeen; J. Bradbury, Oldham, Lancashire; Woodhead; Spaulding and Valentine, Dundee; Courtaulds Ltd., Northern Spinning Division, Skelmersdale, Lancashire; Courtaulds Ltd., Worsted Spinning Division, Bramley, Leeds; and Clough Mills for Evian.
T.183:1 to 18-2019 and T.184:1 to 7-2019, produced by Richards (owned by Courtaulds), are some of the spools of yarn which were given to Moloney. Also see T.185: 1 to 2-2019 to T.206-2019 - a range of the samples Moloney produced, with the exception of T.187:1 & 2-2019, which were manufactured by Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd.. using one of Moloney's samples.
T.183:1 to 18-2019 and T.184:1 to 7-2019, produced by Richards (owned by Courtaulds), are some of the spools of yarn which were given to Moloney. Also see T.185: 1 to 2-2019 to T.206-2019 - a range of the samples Moloney produced, with the exception of T.187:1 & 2-2019, which were manufactured by Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd.. using one of Moloney's samples.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 18 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | One and two colour slub Courtelle yarn |
| Brief description | Eighteen spools of slub yarn, one and two colour slub Courtelle yarn for use as weft effects, sample colour range, spinners Richards (owned by Courtaulds), Aberdeen, Scotland, 1968 |
| Physical description | Eighteen spools of slub yarn, one and two colour slub Courtelle yarn for use as weft effects, sample colour range. The colours and colour combinations are: red, orange, green, dark green, blue, dark blue, red with orange, orange with yellow, brown with yellow, yellow with green, green with yellow, dark green with light green in two versions, green with blue, blue with green, dark green with blue, dark blue with light blue and purple with blue. |
| Credit line | Given by Pat Moloney |
| Summary | In the 1960s Courtaulds took over the Lancashire Cotton Corporation and a number of small companies as a result of the decline in the cotton industry and converted these to spinning Courtelle. A sample range was usually made up of 14 colours to accommodate the designer’s need for producing designs with six colourways. Dr Greenwood of Courtaulds Furnishing Fabric Marketing Division based in Coventry commissioned woven textiles designer and colour consultant Pat Moloney to design and hand weave a range of samples which would show off the new yarns. Moloney designed furnishing fabrics with ranges from the following producers of Courtelle: Richards of Aberdeen; J. Bradbury, Oldham, Lancashire; Woodhead; Spaulding and Valentine, Dundee; Courtaulds Ltd., Northern Spinning Division, Skelmersdale, Lancashire; Courtaulds Ltd., Worsted Spinning Division, Bramley, Leeds; and Clough Mills for Evian. T.183:1 to 18-2019 and T.184:1 to 7-2019, produced by Richards (owned by Courtaulds), are some of the spools of yarn which were given to Moloney. Also see T.185: 1 to 2-2019 to T.206-2019 - a range of the samples Moloney produced, with the exception of T.187:1 & 2-2019, which were manufactured by Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd.. using one of Moloney's samples. |
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| Accession number | T.183:1 to 18-2019 |
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| Record created | January 21, 2019 |
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