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| East India Company (Great Britain) | 4 |
| Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) | 4 |
| Hellwald, Friedrich Von | 3 |
| Foster, Sir William (1863-1951) | 3 |
| Argonaut Press | 3 |
| Sotheby'S (Firm) | 3 |
| Keane, A H (1833-1912) | 3 |
| Hamilton, Alexander (1732) | 2 |
| Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine De Monet De | 2 |
| Foster, William | 2 |
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...
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...
shawl fragment
early 19th Century
Fragment of the border of a shawl. Twill tapestry woven with a cream ground and woven patterning in red and blue. Widest border has left facing butehs with large flowers inside and smaller floral mot...
shawl fragment
early 19th Century
Fragment of the corner of a border of a shawl. With a cream ground and woven patterning in red and blue. Widest border has left facing butehs with large flowers inside and smaller floral motifs arou...
Krymskīi︠a︡ legendy
Krym, S S
1925
Perstenʹ Khana -- V rai︠u︡ -- Zhenshchiny: Adzhikaĭ Ėdigerskai︠a︡. Biche. Ak-Bike -- Molitva Gakhama -- Chudesnyĭ osel.
shawl
c. 1830
Palla (large patterned border at each end of the shawl): a total of eight densely patterned right-hand facing botehs, separated into compartments by a series of vertical lines between symmetrically ar...
moon shawl (Chandar)
c. 1830
Complete shawl in interlocking twill tapestry. Dense floral patterned quarter (corner) medallions and central medallion. Hashia (outside border) of running ornament. One set of borders which have b...