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Total number of records: 722
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Yorkshire College | 32 |
| Hutchinson, Hollingworth & Co. Ltd. | 7 |
| David Sowden and Sons | 5 |
| Plows, Annie | 5 |
| Green, Professor Arthur George - University of Leeds | 3 |
| Blackburn, Tolson and Co. | 3 |
| Fried. Bayer & Co. Elberfeld. | 3 |
| Farbenfabriken Bayer A.G. | 2 |
| Voysey, Charles Francis Annesley | 2 |
| Simpson Bros | 2 |
Count of Earliest date
cap
1250-1517
A round cap composed of five separate layers decoratively stitched. The cap is quilted with similar cut and construction of the internal and external fabric layers. The quilting (back stitch) is sup...
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 ...
mummy cloth
c. 2500 BCE
Fragment of cream coloured, fine, plain woven cloth. This is a wrapping from the mummy of Nekht-Ankh. The tomb of Khnum-Nakht and Nekht-Ankh in Der Rifeh, was excavated in 1907. Inscriptions in th...
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...
velvet fragment
before 1700
Italian velvet with cut and uncut pile. The background is ecru and the velvet pattern is of stylized leaves.
fragment
before 1700
This sample has an asymmetrical pattern of stylized leaves and buttonhole shapes, reminiscent of the slashed fabrics of the period. A very worn fabric, which originally had a velvet pile on the leaf s...
velvet fragment
before 1700
The background textile is silk and silver plate. The pattern is formed from cut and uncut velvet.
fragment
before 1800
A brocatelle with linen and silk weft and warp facing red silk. A satin and twill weave form the large pattern of folliage.
mandarin square or rank badge
late 18th century
According to imperial costume regulations of the period, this mandarin square or rank badge, was intended to embellish the formal court robe of a crown prince. It shows the highest ranking symbol ava...
shawl
c. 1825
The deep phala patterned border at each end has seven buta shapes each with a symmetrical floral design with the phalia infilled around the buta shapes with stylised flowers. This is called the jhal. ...