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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Yorkshire College | 32 |
| Hutchinson, Hollingworth & Co. Ltd. | 7 |
| Plows, Annie | 5 |
| David Sowden and Sons | 5 |
| Fried. Bayer & Co. Elberfeld. | 3 |
| Blackburn, Tolson and Co. | 3 |
| Green, Professor Arthur George - University of Leeds | 3 |
| Simpson Bros | 2 |
| Farbenfabriken Bayer A.G. | 2 |
| Voysey, Charles Francis Annesley | 2 |
silk sample scroll
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...
yi pi or chair cover
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...
Looms 15 [order book]
David Sowden and Sons (1856-1856)
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...
sampler
Horsfall, Hannah
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...
upper panel of door curtain
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...
sampler
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...
Catalogue of Parts for the Hollingworth and Knowles Patent Open Shed High Speed Fancy Loom
Hutchinson, Hollingworth & Co. Ltd.
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 ...
mandarin square or rank badge
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...
shawl
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...
shawl
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. ...
lace sampler
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...
baby's gown panel
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...
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...
wall hanging
late 19th century
This item forms the right hand side of a pair of living room wall hangings. The design theme of the hanging is wealth and nobility. This is demonstrated by the use of auspicious motifs such as the p...
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...
wall hanging
late 19th century
This item forms the left hand side of a pair of wall hangings intended to decorate a living room. The design theme is longevity and happiness. This is demonstrated by the use of the auspicious motif...
embroidered fabric
late 19th Century
This item has been assembled from several pieces of embroidered orange brocade fabric, sewn together to form a single rectangular piece of cloth. An embroidered border has also been applied along one...
wall hanging
early 19th century
This hanging depicts the Daoist paradise where immortals come together to present their congratulations to Shoulao, the god of longevity. Such a composition was a traditional theme in widespread use,...
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...
female headdress
mid 19th-19th Century
One of this pair of female headdresses is embroidered in monochrome black, whilst the other is embroidered using black and navy cotton threads. The patterning resembles the queen pattern found on Gre...
wall hanging
early 19th century
The patterning is composed of eighteen playing children. They are practising martial arts and acrobatics. This patterning theme is derived from the traditional theme of "a hundred playing infants",...
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...
wall hanging
early 19th century
The patterning of this kesi piece is the scene of the dragon boat regatta which takes place annually during each Chinese lunar year.