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shawl
early 19th Century
Twill woven shawl with an all over design composed of a central medalion and quarter medallions in each corner. A decorative border surrounds the whole design. The central field of the shawl has a re...
shawl
early 19th Century
Twill woven shawl with large patterned borders (palia) at each end comprising of seven elongated buta shapes on a cream ground, outlined in black with pale blue and pink geometric shapes and in filled...
shawl
mid 19th-late 19th Century
Twill/tapestry woven shawl with a deep patterned border (phala) across each end. Each border is composed of seven elongated buteh shapes, each woven with the same design but varying colour schemes. Th...
shawl
1870-1880
Large rectangular shawl, jacquard woven, in shades of red, green, orange, purple, pale and dark green, burgundy and cream woollen threads. The all over design is twill woven with two threads for every...
shawl
mid 19th Century
Long rectangular shawl jacquard woven in shades of red, green, lilac, pale blue, cream and burgundy. An all over design stylised floral design radiates toward a plain cream centre. Wool warp and cotto...
shawl
mid 19th Century
Large shawl, jacquard woven, in shades of green, red, pink, mid blue, black and old gold coloured wool. The all over design forms a mirror image on each side of the shawl if folded in half. The centre...
Trading places : the East India Company and Asia 1600-1834
Farrington, Anthony; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); British Library
2002
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the British Library, 24 May-15 Sept. 2002.
fibre paper with wax
late 19th-mid 20th Century
A fibre paper or fabric with a geometric resist wax pattern left (possibly as an example). The wax, according to the label, is 'Japan wax' from Rhus succedanea.
Sobranīe puteshestvīĭ k tataram i drugim voztochnym narodam v xiii, xiv, i xv stol︠i︡etī︠i︡akh
︠I︡Azykov, Dmitriĭ Ivanovich (1773-1845); Ascelin, Niccolo; Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Archbishop of Antivari (1252)
1825
No more published. Cf. N.I. Berezin. Russkī︠i︡a knizhny︠i︡a r︠i︡edkosti, 1902, No. 570. Latin and Russian.
Stencils
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Eleven oblong metal stencils with different designs, mainly stripes or spots. These stencils are used thought to be used for resist printing onto textiles.
shawl fragment
early 19th Century
Fragment of the border of a shawl. Patterning depicts left facing butehs on a red ground with floral patterning within and around them. Along the outside edge is a narrow border with floral patterni...