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Newmilns, Stoneygate Road, Morton, Young and Borland Interior view showing a piece of madras textile

SC 421887

Description Newmilns, Stoneygate Road, Morton, Young and Borland Interior view showing a piece of madras textile

Date 22/1/1974

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 421887

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Sample of madras cloth woven in Morton, Young & Borland's factory, Stoneygate Road, Greenholm, Ayrshire The manufacture of machine-made lace curtains and tablecloths was introduced into the Irvine Valley in the 1870s. In the 1880s 'madras' cloth was introduced to complement machine lace. This view shows a piece of madras cloth after the uncut madras has had its loose weft threads sucked up and trimmed off by a rotary knife, as in a lawnmower. In madras cloth the pattern is formed by using soft cross-threads (weft), selectively woven into the fabric. Where the threads are not caught they are cut off, giving opaque motifs against a fine gauze background. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H74/4/4

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/421887

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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Collection Level (551 147) Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

> Item Level (SC 421887) Newmilns, Stoneygate Road, Morton, Young and Borland Interior view showing a piece of madras textile

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