Sample
1971 (made)
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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 new synthetic fibre.
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.
The design brief imposed few limitations but emphasised colour, which was considered a vital promotion tool. Samples could be experimental in construction and colour combinations, the aim being to sell the yarn ranges by exploiting the character of the yarn and the colours in the design, rather than to design fabrics which would be commercially successful. Moloney designed and made the samples in her Warwickshire studio.
Some of the designs were taken up by companies.
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. T.185:1 & 2-2019 to T.206-2019 are 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.
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.
The design brief imposed few limitations but emphasised colour, which was considered a vital promotion tool. Samples could be experimental in construction and colour combinations, the aim being to sell the yarn ranges by exploiting the character of the yarn and the colours in the design, rather than to design fabrics which would be commercially successful. Moloney designed and made the samples in her Warwickshire studio.
Some of the designs were taken up by companies.
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. T.185:1 & 2-2019 to T.206-2019 are 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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| Materials and techniques | Block weave with supplementary weft effect, 6s Courtelle |
| Brief description | Sample, block weave with supplementary weft effect, 6s Courtelle, commissioned by Dr Greenwood of Courtaulds Furnishing Fabric Marketing Division, Coventry, England, designed and handwoven by Pat Moloney, Pat Moloney’s studio, Warwickshire, England, spinners J. Bradbury (owned by Courtaulds), Oldham, England, 1971, design with rectangles, blue, oranges, purple, pink |
| Physical description | Sample, block weave with supplementary weft effect, 6s Courtelle, design with rectangles, blue, oranges, purple, pink |
| 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 new synthetic fibre. 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. The design brief imposed few limitations but emphasised colour, which was considered a vital promotion tool. Samples could be experimental in construction and colour combinations, the aim being to sell the yarn ranges by exploiting the character of the yarn and the colours in the design, rather than to design fabrics which would be commercially successful. Moloney designed and made the samples in her Warwickshire studio. Some of the designs were taken up by companies. 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. T.185:1 & 2-2019 to T.206-2019 are 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.206-2019 |
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| Record created | January 21, 2019 |
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