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Erinoid Buckles
early 20th Century
Buckles made by erinoid plastic and dyed with acid dyes, possibly at the School of Colour Chemistry, University of Leeds.
Miscellaneous uses of dyes: pearl buttons
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Early plastic pearl buttons with metal shank, dyed with basic dyes. Possibly dyed at the School of Colour Chemistry, University of Leeds.
Clips
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Metal clips possibly used to hold the fabric stretched on a frame in order to be dyed. Used in the University of Leeds.
textile fragments
19th Century
Two pieces of double weave in two-tone tan and cream with a symmetrical design of eagles and stylised flowers and flowers. One piece has paper residue from being glued onto a backing.
Art Nouveau textile fragment
late 19th-early 20th Century
An off-cut fragment of a double weave Art Nouveau floral design in greens and pinks.
textile fragment
mid 19th-early 20th Century
A double weave in blue and green, with a gothic revival design of foliage.
damask fragment
mid 19th-mid 20th Century
A double sided damask, double weave with a large floral design in crimson and mauve.
floor cloth fragment
late 19th-mid 20th Century
A fragment of woven 'floor cloth' with a dark green criss-cross and roses design with a formal border on a loose woven natural plant fibre.
Art Nouveau woven fragment
late 19th-early 20th Century
An Art Nouveau weave in three layers. with large symmetrical leaves and small flowers in shades of green. Some tears and staining.
textile fragment
mid 19th-early 20th Century
A woven silk with an Arts and Crafts design of symmetrical foliage.
textile fragment
mid 19th-early 20th Century
A velvet cut and uncut length of fabric, in dark blue and mauve with a stylised floral design with a fringe.
woven fragment
mid 19th-early 20th Century
A double weave in green and cream with a stylised design of foliage, reminisent of Arts and Crafts.