Courtaulds

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1904: Courtaulds, a UK firm located in Coventry,...

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1904

Courtaulds , a UK firm located in Coventry, Warwickshire, acquired patents to produce viscose.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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Wilson, Elizabeth. Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity. Virago Press, 1985.
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1905: Courtaulds patented a form of rayon which...

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1905

Courtaulds patented a form of rayon which turned out to be the first commercially viable viscose rayon fabric.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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15 March 1939: Talks were in progress between Courtaulds...

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15 March 1939

Talks were in progress between Courtaulds and Imperial Chemical Industries about the proposed manufacture in Britain of fibre made of nylon, a new synthetic product announced last October in the USA.
“15 March 1939. Nylon touted as silk substitute”. Guardian Weekly, 15 Mar. 2013, p. 22.

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