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Total number of records: 395

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China170
United Kingdom114
Kashmir43
Asia42
Leeds41
France31
Hong Kong16
Turkey8
Europe6
Germany6

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Yorkshire College32
Hutchinson, Hollingworth & Co. Ltd.7
Plows, Annie5
David Sowden and Sons5
Fried. Bayer & Co. Elberfeld.3
Blackburn, Tolson and Co.3
Green, Professor Arthur George - University of Leeds3
Simpson Bros2
Farbenfabriken Bayer A.G.2
Voysey, Charles Francis Annesley2
Textile:
ITC 2018.1
late 19th Century
A narrow silk on paper scroll or banner, with blank panels to attach and display silk fragments. When rolled the outer part of the scroll is shown as a brightly coloured silk brocade with flower moti...
Textile:
ITC 1
19th Century
Two lions playing with balls are embroidered on red silk satin. Between the lions a square framed band of metallic weft faced black satin with a cloud pattern forms the seating area. The gold colour...
Textile:
ITC 1999.1
1888-1889
A hardback with dark brown covers and black spine, with gold text on spine. Contains printed forms with handwritten inscriptions detailing orders for looms. Listed by date with an index of companies...
Textile:
ITC 2018.60.1
19th Century
A faded symmetrical sampler in green, red (faded) and cream, with a central feature of a religious poem and the name Hannah Horsfall in a zigzag border. Other features include a central lion and unic...
Textile:
ITC 10
early 19th century
This item is composed of several different fabrics; the decoration on each has been achieved by a different technique. The top panel is rectangular and consists of a white silk satin ground embroider...
Textile:
ITC 2013.10
19th Century
Sampler with embroidered cross stitch of a grand house design in red (suggestive of bricks) enclosed in a red and green cross stitch repeat border. Above the house design are grey cross stitch arcs, p...
Textile:
ITC 1999.10
1898
Hardback book with multicoloured covers and green spine. Black text and engraving on cover. Contains 17 labelled plates showing components of the Hollingworth and Knowles open shed high speed fancy ...
Textile:
ITC 100
19th century
The central motif on this mandarin square, or rank badge, is the golden pheasant, which was a symbol used by a second rank civil official. The surrounding motifs include bats and Buddhist precious th...
Textile:
ITC 2009.100
1830-1850
The phala (large patterned border at each end of the shawl) has a total of eight densely patterned right-hand facing botehs, separated into compartments by a series of vertical lines between symmetric...
Textile:
ITC 2009.102
early 19th Century
Twill woven Moon shawl composed of a central medalion and a quarter medallions at each corner. The whole field is twill/tapestry woven with small repeating geometric shapes in blue on a cream ground. ...
Textile:
ITC 1021
19th century
A pink embroidered rectangular sampler of drawn thread work designs in the centre surrounded by repeating floral motifs. All four sides of the ground fabric are neatly hemmed. The open woven cotton gr...
Textile:
ITC 1024
19th Century
An embroidered baby gown front. The patterning on this item comprises a symmetrical floral design which has been created through the use of a combination of cut work and fine Ayrshire embroidery. The...