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Anaphe silk combings
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Card box with glass cover, containing samples of Anaphe wild silk combings. Anaphe is raw silk. This genus of silkworm, which produces this variety of silk, is found especially in Uganda and other par...
stencil
late 19th-mid 20th Century
This is one of a set of four stencils (ITC 2012.115.1-4) all of which add different detail to create a complex, possibly multicoloured, design. The design on the stencils includes dragons amongst clo...
box of silk cocoons
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Card box with glass cover, containing samples of silk cocoons, labelled as 'Antherea melita'. This may refer to Antheraea mylitta. The silkworm Antheraea mylitta is one of the producers of wild silk. ...
Wooden block and cap
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Hand carved wooden block and cup, possibly used to create repeating pattern in fabric dying.
tjanting
late 19th-mid 20th Century
This copper bowl is called a tjanting or canting. It is made of a bamboo handle with a small metal cup and a thin spout, out of which the wax seeps. It is used to apply wax freehand to fabric as a re...
Erinoid Buckles
early 20th Century
Buckles made by erinoid plastic and dyed with acid dyes, possibly at the School of Colour Chemistry, University of Leeds.
Miscellaneous uses of dyes: pearl buttons
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Early plastic pearl buttons with metal shank, dyed with basic dyes. Possibly dyed at the School of Colour Chemistry, University of Leeds.
Clips
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Metal clips possibly used to hold the fabric stretched on a frame in order to be dyed. Used in the University of Leeds.
spatula
early-mid 20th Century
A large wooden spatula with four stamps at the top, a hole in the handle for hanging and a wooden cover on the blade.
spatula
early-mid 20th Century
A large wooden spatula with a stamp at the top of the spatula, a hole in the handle for hanging and a wooden cover on the blade.
Brush
late 19th-mid 20th Century
A large wooden brush with bristles attached by stitch, and a hole in the handle for hanging.
Brush
late 19th-mid 20th Century
A small wooden brush with an animal fibre head (hog bristles or deer hair are typical materials) bound into a wooden handle.