Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India

Made:
1905-1915 in England
maker:
James Morton
Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India

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Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India
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Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India
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Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India, by Alexander Morton and Company, 1905-1915. Part of the Morton Collection.

Scotish manufacturer James Morton was alarmed by how quickly his firm's synthetically dyed fabrics bleached in shop windows. He was a disciple of the arts and craft movement, which criticised industrial production of artificial dyes as dehumanising workers and commodifying traditional techniques. Morton became determined to produce a new range of unfadable dypes. These are two of multiple sample test cards of dyed yarn that Morton sent to his brother-in-Law in colonial India, with instructions to expose them to sunlight. Based on these results, he employed chamist James Christie to develop a new range of natural and synthetic dyes that were more permanent. These colours were then sold with a lifetime guarantee, the first of its kind in the textile industry.

Details

Category:
Industrial Chemistry
Object Number:
1978-113/9
Measurements:
Fast colours: 90 mm x 418 mm x 3 mm,
type:
papers, dye pattern book, dye shade card, dyed fabric
credit:
Morton, J.W.F.