Runcorn Shades Contract tuft box

Scope and Content

Correspondence and papers relating to yarn shade reference numbers and the revision of the Contract tuft box. Includes:

  • memos re: yarn shade referencing system/Group shade number system;
  • memo re: shade numbering giving shade number and shade to which approximately matched;
  • table listing shade number, shade name, grid reference number, and base used;
  • list of Runcorn shades giving name, number, dye lot, bale number, and weight.