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net
before 2000
A piece of stiff netting, probably fishing net (one of two pieces of the same width).
shawl sample
Shawl border pattern sample. Embroidered design on a twill woven ground.
shawl pattern sample
Shawl border pattern sample with a twill tapestry vegetative design.
shawl pattern sample
Shawl border pattern sample. Twill woven ground with embroidered pattern.
tunic
Wood-Robinson, Valerie
A tunic with a high neck and patch pockets, printed in a yellow corn motif in the 'Dutch wax' style. This outfit was made by the donor from fabric bought in the mid1960s in Ibadan, Western Nigeria. ...
shawl fragment
mid - late 18th Century
A fragment consisting of part of the border of a red shawl. The fabric is twill woven. The design consists of a repeating series of large buta motifs. The predominant colours are reds but there are...
crepe fragment
1840-1920
A piece of crepe [chirimen] with a multicoloured printed design of flowers, snow flakes, linked gem patterning [shippo tsunagi] and imitation tie dye patterning of small circles. Chirimen is woven u...
Looms 15 [order book]
David Sowden and Sons (1856-1856)
1888-1889
A hardback with dark brown covers and black spine, with gold text on spine. Contains printed forms with handwritten inscriptions detailing orders for looms. Listed by date with an index of companies...
Safavid prayer rug design
Churchill, Sidney John Alexander (1862-1921)
16th-19th Century
Two pieces of cloth-backed squared paper with a design or cartoon for a silk prayer rug. The design depicts a mihrab shape decorated with arabesques and lotus, peony, chrysanthemum and magnolia flowe...
kilt
before 1927
Maori kilt (piupiu) with a braided waistband and ties. The body of the kilt is made of tightly rolled leaves of New Zealand flax which have been patterned along their length by creating two alternatin...
weave sample
Barker, Mary (1907-1999)
1926-1999
A small weave sample in white, light blue and burgundy, with a striped design moving diagonally across the centre of the piece and wider striped borders. The centre is plain weave and the borders have...
Winchester Designs Series 2 No.X.
Pesel, Louisa F (1947)
1932-1940
A drawn pointpaper design produced for the Broiderers of Winchester Cathedral by Louisa Pesel, referenced as series 2, number 10. The design for needlepoint is a symmetrical organic design, possibly ...
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Vegetable Fibres: Flax [exhibit card]
University of Leeds (1904-); Linen Industry Research Association
1936
Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 12 annotated photomicrographs of lengths and cross sections of flax as used in textiles. Top row: Six images of lengths s...
Vogue Embroidery Book, No 1
The Conde Nast Publications Ltd.
1948
A magazine focussing on embroidery designs with theme of femininity, accomplishment, adornment, personal touches. Gives brief history of embroidery. The booklet gives various design suggestions, howe...
printed fabric
1950-1962
Crepe fabric printed with zoo animal images on a pale green background. Design includes panda, zebra, kangaroo, koala and possum. Pieces of the fabric were given out as part of the University's Text...
printed upholstery fabric
1950-1965
Duplex print furnishing crepe fabric in white, black, red, green, yellow and brown and mint green. Design is of large flowers and sedges against block colour background similar to a wall, with balcon...
Cross Stitch New Designs, 3rd Series
DMC Group (1746-)
1950-1970
A booklet with examples of cross stitch patterns. Patterns are based on flora and fauna, for example fish swimming in a pond, bird by a nest or flower borders. The pattern designs include children in ...
Coronation print
Mitzi Cunliffe
1952-1953
A length of printed satin cotton designed for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, depicting a royal lion and unicorn crest with crown and ER monogram in the central cartouche. A black conti...
Lieut. Harry Dent Crompton Prize Fund Scheme, Design and Structure of Woven Fabrics
1953-1954
Hardback with black covers and white spine. White text on cover and spine. Reference Collection no. 27. Contains woven dress and furnishing fabric samples. Most are polychrome and patterned with g...
Aniocha cloth
1966-1967
An Aniocha cloth toga, part of an outfit with a matching wrapper (ITC 2014.107.2), made in Ogwashi Uku in the Western Igbo area of Nigeria. The basic weave is in white with narrow red warp stripes. Re...
ICI Fibres Limited Information Note No. X25. Double Jersey Fabrics in Crimplene with Terylene/Wool
Imperial Chemical Industries
1969
A publication by ICI Fibres Limited outlining the properties of double-jersey fabrics containing crimplene for the production of women's wear with wool. Discription of properties for flat jacquard str...
fringed square
before 1975
An embroidered red silk square with turquoise knotted fringe, this piece is possibly a napkin. The symmetrical floral embroidery in each corner and four central motifs (in turquoise, cream, blue, bla...
dress
Before 2001
An indigo, gold and pale yellow tie dyed dress from the Delta, Nigeria, with machined embroidery around the neck and sleeve edges, which are lined with interfacing. The dress is cut from two large pi...
dress
Before 2001
A green and brown tie dyed dress from the Delta, Nigeria with scalloped edges and seam in yellow and green machine embroidery running around the seams and down the centre of the garment front and back...