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Total number of records: 241

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Textiles226
Books and printed items6
Coins5
Archives3
Art items1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
International Textile Collection226
Coin Collection5
Brotherton Collection5
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections3
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1

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universities2
hospitals2
schools, medical1

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Leeds241
United Kingdom225
Kashmir21
England6
Great Britain5
Europe5
West Yorkshire3
London2
Germany1
Stroud1

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University of Leeds127
Yorkshire College39
Manby, J11
Courtaulds Ltd.8
T. Cross & Co. Bolton8
Sundour5
Edinburgh Weavers5
Duxbury, Mabel5
Naylor, Jennings & Co, Ltd, Yeadon5
C.P.A. Ltd.4

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From 16001
From 180048
From 1900189
From 20003

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Up to 189942
Up to 1999195
Up to latest3
Pencil portrait of Jim Kingdon. Kirkstall.1948.
Archive Art Item

"Jim Kingdon. Kirkstall.1948."

1948

Pencil portrait titled, "Jim Kin(g)don, Kirkstall, 1948." Signed J.A.

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Archive Item

Photograph of Joseph Appleyard "Painting Gypsies at Seacroft. June 1952"

Yorkshire Post

Jun 1952

Loose B & W photograph with caption, "Painting Gipsies at Seacroft. June 1952. " Signed "Joseph Appleyard."

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Photographs (2) of Mrs N.Wood at Lee Gap Fair.1939

Yorkshire Post

24 Aug 1939

2 x black and white photographs of a woman mounted on an album page with accompanying typed text: "Mrs N. Wood, one of the Caravan Colony at Lee Gap Fair, West Ardsley; wearing her necklet decorated ...

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Vegetable Fibres: Flax [exhibit card]
Textile

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...

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Hand Woven Silk Fabrics [exhibit card]
Textile

Hand Woven Silk Fabrics [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); Warner & Sons

1932

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 9 annotated samples of dyed silk textiles in different types of weave. Some samples glued to apertures, some attached wit...

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Woollen Cloths [exhibit card]
Textile

Woollen Cloths [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); Winterbotham, Strachan & Playne, Stroud

1932

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 7 annotated samples of dyed woollen textiles. Samples are glued to apertures, one with additional tape. 1. Bleached Fla...

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Billiard Cloth [exhibit card]
Textile

Billiard Cloth [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); Howard & Powell, Ltd, Stroud

1931

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 7 annotated samples showing the stages of preparation of billiard cloth, with a 3 month period of manufacture from wool bl...

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Handwoven Cloths From Handspun Yarns Dyed with Natural Dyestuffs [exhibit card]
Textile

Handwoven Cloths From Handspun Yarns Dyed with Natural Dyestuffs [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); Home School of Crafts Saffron Walden

1931

A cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry referencing the Home School of Crafts in Saffron Walden. It displays 6 samples of hand-woven cloth using yarn dyed with natural dye...

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exhibit card of linen and cotton ticks
Textile

exhibit card of linen and cotton ticks

University of Leeds (1904-)

early 20th-mid 20th Century

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 6 annotated samples of dyed linen and cotton ticks and canvas. Samples are glued to apertures. The left hand column has t...

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Cotton Gaberdines; Cotton Coverts [exhibit card]
Textile

Cotton Gaberdines; Cotton Coverts [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-)

early 20th-mid 20th Century

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 6 annotated samples of dyed cotton gaberdines and 3 sampes of cotton coverts. Samples are attached to appertures with tap...

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Azoic Red Stripe Cotton Brocade for Africa [exhibit card]
Textile

Azoic Red Stripe Cotton Brocade for Africa [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); T. Cross & Co. Bolton

1932

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, with 7 annotated samples showing the stages of preparation of striped cotton brocade. Samples are glued to apertures. 1. Grey; 2....

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Bradford Fabrics Bunting [exhibit card]
Textile

Bradford Fabrics Bunting [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-)

early 20th-mid 20th Century

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying seven annotated samples of dyed worsted for bunting. Samples are glued to apertures, some attached with tape. Worsted w...

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