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Peru5
Lima3
United Kingdom1
Leeds1

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University of Leeds. Department of Textile Industries1
Luzano, Leocadia - Taller De Artisania, Misericordia1
Ewart, Professor Cossar - Edinburgh University1
Barker, Aldred F1

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From 19004
blanket
Textile

blanket

early 20th Century

A hand woven textile in green and red broad stripes, with small geometric patterns in black, white, yellow and pink on the red sections. The motifs in the stripes are similar to those found in Peruvi...

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poncho or mantle
Textile

poncho or mantle

19th-mid 20th Century

A hand woven poncho or mantle in black with plain and geometric-patterned stripes in red, yellow and white. Patterning includes zig zags, crosses and birds. A early 20th century museum label calls t...

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arpillera work
Textile

arpillera work

c.1970-1990

Arpillera work from South America (Chile or Peru), made to be sold commercially to help women support themselves. This brightly coloured banner style embroidery of a mountainous landscape with a rive...

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arpillera work
Textile

arpillera work

Luzano, Leocadia - Taller de Artisania, Misericordia

c.1970-1990

Arpillera work from Peru, made to be sold commercially to help women support themselves. It was made at "Taller de Artisania, Misericordia" in Lima by a named artist: Leocadia Luzano (written on reve...

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film of Peruvian sheep breeding (edited)
Textile

film of Peruvian sheep breeding (edited)

Barker, Aldred F (1868-1964); University of Leeds. Department of Textile Industries; Ewart, Professor Cossar - Edinburgh University

1926

A digital copy of a1926 research film (5 minutes 15 seconds / digital transfer from a positive) created in support of the research of Professor Aldred F. Barker (1868-1964). The film is associated wit...

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