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Bahia fibre sample
mid 20th Century
Sample of bahia fibre, a plant fibre used for making coarse brush bristles and cabling. The fibre was used for brushmaking in Europe from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, subsequently p...
Para piassava fibre sample
mid 20th Century
A sample of para piassava fibre, a plant fibre made from the petiole (leaf stem) of the piassava palm (Leopoldina piassaba). The fibre has been used as brush bristles, and for baskets, ropes and hats...
greeting card
late 20th Century
An envelope containing a card with Brazilian three dimensional embroidery. The card has a circle of fabric with three dimensional blue flowers and beading. Brazilian embroidery is usually made from ra...
tea towel
late 20th Century
An embroidered tea towel, predominantly plain with a large panel of cross stitch embroidery of fruit, including peppers, watermelon slices and cherries in red and greens, and a crocheted lower edge wi...