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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
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...
shawl fragment
mid - late 18th Century
A fragment consisting of part of the border of a red shawl. The fabric is twill woven. The design consists of a repeating series of large buta motifs. The predominant colours are reds but there are...
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...
Safavid prayer rug design
Churchill, Sidney John Alexander (1862-1921)
16th-19th Century
Two pieces of cloth-backed squared paper with a design or cartoon for a silk prayer rug. The design depicts a mihrab shape decorated with arabesques and lotus, peony, chrysanthemum and magnolia flowe...
mummy cloth
c. 2500 BCE
Fragment of coarse plain woven cloth. Light brown colour with darker brown stripes formed by double weft threads which are not at standard intervals. Very creased. This is a wrapping from the mumm...
cloth fragment
c. 4400 BCE
Cloth fragment from mastaba (tomb) 2050 at Tarkhan, excavated by Petrie. Plain woven with one edge turned under and slip stitched with a single linen thread, into position. The turning appears to be ...
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...
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. ...
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Rectangular fragment of fine, mid-dark brown, plain woven fabric.
fragment
before 1800
The design, in several shades of pink, burgundy and cream consists of stylized sprays of rose like flowers and a lace style ribbon.
fragment
before 1800
The background of the pattern is formed from the silver and silver-gilt threads with a flame-stitch effect. The foreground is of stylized daisy like flowers in shades of pink, blue and green silk. The...
wall hanging
late 18th century
The patterning is composed of two groups of auspicious motifs arranged horizontally across the width of the fabric. The pattern group on the right depicts goldfish and Chinese wisteria, representing ...
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...
embroidered fragment
18th century
This item is a fragment of a border probably from a bed valance or pillow case. The embroidered pattern is composed of oblique detached leaves executed using alternating colours of red and green. Th...
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...
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, cream/light brown, plain woven fabric. With dark brown staining around part of the edge.
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...
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, light-mid brown, plain woven fabric. This fragment includes part of the selvedge.
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...
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Rectangular fragment of fine, cream/light brown, plain woven fabric. The fragment has five blue weft thread stripes at one edge formed of 8, 3, 3, 3 and 6 threads.
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...
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Rectangular fragment of fine, mid-dark brown, plain woven fabric with five blue, weft thread stripes at one end of 6, 3, 3, 3 and 10 threads.
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.
shawl
mid 19th Century
Long rectangular shawl jacquard woven in shades of red, green, lilac, pale blue, cream and burgundy. An all over design stylised floral design radiates toward a plain cream centre. Wool warp and cotto...
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, mid-dark brown, plain woven fabric. There is an end fringe of 12 cm. long warp threads.
Buddhist temple hanging
18th century
This hanging portrays the great Zunsheng Buddha, who is celebrated by Buddhists for his ability to eliminate all kinds of evil. The portrait depicts him seated upon the lotus throne, with the wuzhi (...
shawl
mid 19th Century
Large shawl, jacquard woven, in shades of green, red, pink, mid blue, black and old gold coloured wool. The all over design forms a mirror image on each side of the shawl if folded in half. The centre...
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, light-mid brown, plain woven fabric. At one end are five blue dyed weft thread stripes of 7, 3, 3, 3 and 5 threads.
wall hanging
19th century
A tapestry woven in coloured silks with painted details. The composition of this item incorporates activities such as the dragon boat regatta and musicians playing various instruments in boats, surro...
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, cream-light brown, plain woven fabric. At one end of the fragment are five blue dyed weft thread stripes of 8, 3, 3, 3 and 8 threads (the last stripe has lost threads due to fraying...
miser's purse
18th-mid 20th Century
This item is a crocheted purse constructed in a tubular shape with an opening slit in the centre. It is decorated at each end by a metal bead; the central opening is secured by a metal ring. A tape ...
miser's purse
18th-mid 19th Century
This crocheted ring or miser's purse is constructed in a tubular shape with a small central opening, secured by a metal ring. It is green and pink banded, with paisley and checkerboard motifs. One en...
upper panel of door curtain
late 18th century or early 19th century
The pattern on the lower part of the panel shows two dragons chasing a pearl. The pattern on the upper part of the panel consists of secular precious objects including a qing (musical stone), an arte...