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box of silk cocoons
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Card box with glass cover, containing samples of silk cocoons Antheraea Myllita and dried silkworms/caterpillars. The silkworm Antheraea mylitta is one of the producers of wild silk. It is particula...
Morrell stitch samples
Morrell, Professor Anne B
c. 2016
A set of 13 stitch samples made by Professor Anne Morrell to illustrate the method of creating stitch patterns for her publication 'Embroidered & Stitched Textiles Fragments from Kashmir' (2017). All ...
Morrell stitch samples
Morrell, Professor Anne B
c. 2016
A set of 3 stitch samples made by Professor Anne Morrell to illustrate patterns in her book 'Stitches in Gujarati Embroidery' (2015). All stitch patterns correlate to embroidered textile designs from ...
box of silk cocoons
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Card box with glass cover, containing samples of silk cocoons Bombyx Fortunatus. Details on the bottom. One of the sub-tropical races of the silkworm in Bengal is the desi or cold-weather bard, known ...
box of silk cocoons
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Card box with glass cover, containing samples of silk cocoons Attacus Ricini. Attacus Ricini is commonly cultivated Eria or Arindy silkworm by feeding on the leaves of the castor-oil plant. The fabric...
Indian textile offcuts
20th Century
28 assorted textile offcuts in various sizes and conditions including cotton, silk, synthetic, metal thread and machine embroidered pieces (possibly one hand embroidered, with mirrors).
hanging
late 20th Century
A printed hanging in red / pink, blue and greens on a neutral ground. The central symmetrical design depics four Indian women, in traditional dress and jewellery, facing a large tree containing flowe...
headscarf
late 20th Century
An evenweave natural coloured fabric with a border of two parallel rows of handstitching in red. The edges are further enhanced with a separate edging attached by hand. It has loops on the open edge, ...
salwar kameez
Central Cottage Industries
mid 20th-20th Century
Salwar kameez suit made from pale pink woven cotton fabric. There is hand embroidered Chikan work in white thread in a tear drop (buteh or Paisley) pattern. There is a "Central Cottage Industries Empo...
temple or shrine cloth
20th Century
A block printed temple or shrine cloth, known as a 'mata ni pachedi' (cloth of the Goddess Mother), in black on white, with a red base. An alternative name is "mata-no-chandarvo". The imagery is co...
umbrella
20th Century
Labelled as "embroidered umbrella" - a square lined in red cotton which is highly decorated with appliqué and stitching. There is a large central flower decoration with shisha, and hanging loops at t...
tunic
20th Century
Black tunic of synthetic fabric, embroidered with sequins and gold bugle beads in a fall of flowers from the left shoulder. The tunic is round necked.