Alexander Morton (manufacturer)

[2] By 1900, they had expanded to Carlisle, England and Killybegs, Ireland (Donegal Carpets).

[2] The Donegal carpet industry owes its origins to Alexander Morton.

[3] They used the services of many designers, especially C. F. A. Voysey, Heywood Sumner and Lindsay Butterfield, and later Cecil Millar and George Henry Walton.

[2] In 1914, he reorganised his business interests, with a new company Morton Sundour being "the major off-shoot".

[2] The Victoria and Albert Museum, London holds 774 examples of their fabrics in their collection.

C. F. A. Voysey
Fabric designed by C. F. A. Voysey for Liberty of London and manufactured by Alexander Morton and Co - on display in the Musée d'Orsay , Paris