Bradford Colour Museum Collection of Pattern Books and Shade Books

Pattern/shade books for the following companies, the number for each is given in brackets:

ACNA (17); IG Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft of Germany (376); AGFA (17); BASF of Germany (25); BAYER of Germany (487); Blyth Colour Works (1); British Celanese Ltd (8); British Colour Council and Royal Horticultural Society (4); Cako Chemical Division of USA (2); Leopold Cassella and Coof Germany (38); Chemapol AG (2); CIBA (3100); CIBA-GEIGY (41); American Colour & Chemical Corporation Ltd (10); Brotherton & Company of Leeds (11); Ciech of France (46); Clayton Aniline Col Ltd of Manchester (84); Clayton Dyestuffs Co Ltd of Manchester (15) ; Francaise des Matieres Colorantes SA of France (41) ; Croda Colours Ltd of Brighouse (15) ; Courtaulds Spinning (2) ; E I du Pont de Nemours & Co [Inc] (15); Durand & Hugueuin SA of France (2); Eastman Chemical Products Inc (16); GEIGY (221); Griesheim-Elektron (43); Hodogaya Chemical Co Ltd (4); Hickson & Partners (1); Hickson & Welch Ltd (1); Farbwerke Hoechst AG/Meister Lucius & Brunning of Germany (83); ICI (128); Indanthren (190); Interchem/Textile Colours (1); Industrial Dyestuffs Ltd (1); Kalle & Co of Germany (68); G M B H of Germany (119); Levinstein Ltd of Great Britain (28); Koppers Co, Inc (1); Francolor of France (4); Southern Dyestuff Co of USA (5); Sodyeco Division, Martin Marietta Chemical of USA (4); Medeca of Vinas, SA (1); Mitsui Chemical Industry Co Ltd of Japan (16); Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Ltd of Japan (11) ; Farbwerke Muhlheim Vorm. A Leonhardt & Co Ltd of Germany (77); Nene Finishes [Northampton] Ltd (1); National Aniline & Chemical Co USA (2); National Chemical Industries (1); Nippon Kayako Co Ltd of Japan (1); Nippon Senryo Export Co Ltd of Japan (1); Nippon Chemical Works Co Ltd of Japan (3); N V Fabriek Van Chemische Producten (3); Oriental Scientific Dyers (1); PPG Industries (UK) Ltd (40); Ocley's Dyes & Chemicals Ltd of Great Britain (20); Patons RTN Ltd (3); Reckitt's [Colours] Ltd of Hull (3); Read Holliday & Sons Ltd of Huddersfield (79); Reichold Chemical Inc (1); James Robinson & Co Ltd of Huddersfield (2); Rohner (1); Sandoz (248); Shearer Worsteds of Holmbridge, Huddersfield (1); Scottish Dyes Ltd (37); Smith & Walton Ltd (16); Societe Anonyms des Matieres Colorantes et Produits Chimiques de Saint Denis (27); PCUK/Division Colorants (8); Town End Chemical Works Ltd of Leeds (2); VEB Parbenfabriken Wolfen (27); Wolfen Kreis Bitterfeld (19); VEB Chemekombina & Bitterfeld (1); Chemische Fabriken (3); Westfalisch-Anhattische Sprengstoff-Act (1); Yorkshire Dyers & Chemical Co Ltd of Leeds (248); Allied Colloids [Bradford] Ltd (20); Crompton & Knowles Corp of USA (6); Cappelle Freres/Cappelle Pigments (1); Courtaulds of Great Britain (13)

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