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Textile:
ITC 2009.119.1

Shawl border pattern sample. Twill woven ground with embroidered pattern.

Textile:
ITC 1045

before 1914

This cap has been embroidered with multicoloured geometric motifs which incorporate mirror work. It is decorated in the centre of the crown with a red tassel. Herringbone, chain and satin stitch hav...

Textile:
ITC 1051

before 1914

This item is a fragment from the border of a larger item, possibly a curtain. It is embroidered with individual floral sprays set side by side vertically, with smaller floral sprays filling the gaps....

Textile:
ITC 2009.119.2

Shawl border fragment or pattern sample. Twill tapestry shawl pattern fragment self fringed at one end with embroidered detail.

Textile:
ITC 2009.119.3

Shawl border pattern fragment with twill tapestry patterning. Half of the main area has embroidered detail, the other half is left unembroidered. A narrow twill tapestry border has been sewn on to o...

Textile:
ITC 2009.119.4

Shawl border pattern sample embroidered on a twill woven ground

Textile:
ITC 2009.119.5

Shawl border pattern sample. Embroidered on a twill woven ground.

Textile:
ITC 2009.119.6

Shawl pattern sample. Embroidered pattern on twill woven ground.

Textile:
ITC 2009.119.7

Shawl fragment or pattern sample. Twill tapestry woven with embroidered detail.

Textile:
ITC 2009.119.21

Shawl fragment or pattern sample. Twill tapestry woven, double sided. In the finished design it would probably have embroidered detail. The border sample is woven into a surround of multicoloured s...

Textile:
ITC 2009.119.34

Shawl fragment or pattern sample. Double sided twill tapestry design with embroidered detail

Textile:
ITC 2012.12

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...