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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...
sleeve panel
late 19th-mid 20th Century
A long pale green panel with repeats of embroidered motifs, predominantly in blue, black, pink and green. The design includes butterflies, flowers, bats and auspicious symbols, including the coin mot...
one of a pair of drawstring purses
mid 19th-mid 20th Century
One of a pair of oval drawstring purses with woven 'dragon robe' silk with red ties decorated with bound sections of blue threads. This one has burgundy cords with a decorated ceramic bead. The pai...
stencil
early 19th-mid 20th Century
A katagami stencil, used in resist dyeing of fabric, possibly depicts plum blossom and stylised pine bark motifs (matsukawa bishi). Pine is symbollic of longevity and plum of renewal. Both plants ar...
Aso-Oke outfit: head tie
c.1976-1984
This is a large, predominantly blue handwoven Aso-Oke head tie, woven in Ilorin, northern Yorubaland. Aso-Oke is a highly prized form of Yoruba handwoven cloth. This cloth is made up of six narrow st...
warp ikat kain sarung
late 20th Century
A red and black kain made up of three panels, all including warp ikat elements. There are also narrow blue, yellow and red stripes running through the material.
straw hat
late 20th Century
A straw pillbox hat [songkok?], intended for daily wear by Muslim men. It is light brown with dark brown bands and triangular/arrow patterning in gold plastic metallic thread. There is a wooden band i...
one of pair of pendants
20th Century
One of a pair of long embroidered symmetrical pendant hangings depicting a butterfly, lotus flower, shell and fishes. In bright colours including blue, green and pink, this is made up of seven indivi...
crepe fragment
1840-1920
A piece of crepe [chirimen] with a multicoloured printed design of flowers, snow flakes, linked gem patterning [shippo tsunagi] and imitation tie dye patterning of small circles. Chirimen is woven u...
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...
weave sample
Barker, Mary (1907-1999)
1926-1999
A small weave sample in white, light blue and burgundy, with a striped design moving diagonally across the centre of the piece and wider striped borders. The centre is plain weave and the borders have...