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Papers relating to the origin, administration and marketing of the University of Leeds International Textile Archive (ULITA)
1995 - 2019
BOX 1: ULITA committee meetings 2001-2019; Museum Accreditation certificate; The Clothworkers’ Documentation and Conservation Project ULITA (final report 2010); Letters of support for creatin...
notes and samples book
Pesel, Louisa F (1947)
before 1920
A blue binder with cord ties, and addressed Oak House, Bradford, containing numbered pages of manuscript notes, black and white photographs and attached embroidery samples. In Ink, red pencil and silk...
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...
woven sample
1880-1914
Double weave textile sample with tapestry style design of flowers and foliage in greens, pinks, blue, yellow and black. This is a copy of historic Italian or French textile.
lace band
before 1970
Strip of cream coloured, Azorean lace. The central design is of regularly spaced circles. There is a border all the way round with a slightly scalloped edge. The lace is knitted using fine, curved ...
Akwuete cloth
c.1964-1965
This is a handwoven Akwuete cloth, woven by a woman on a vertical loom. (Akwuete is a town in eastern Igboland, southeastern Nigeria.) The cloth consists of two broad panels stitched together, with fr...
Madagascar fibre sample
mid 20th Century
A sample of Madagascar fibre. Produced from the leaf sheathes of a palm native to Madagascar (usually Dypsis fibrosa, sometimes other Dypsis species). The donor stated that brushmaking was carried...
Marking Stitch, 2nd Series
DMC Group (1746-)
mid 20th Century
A booklet with embroidery stitch patterns. Patterns include alphabets, borders, geometrical patterns and children engaged in seasonal activities, covering playing in snow, water, sand, ice skating, sk...
Crochet Notions by Penelope
Wm. Briggs & Co. Ltd.
mid 20th Century
A booklet with crochet projects, including the star motif, spider's web, well handled gloves, dressing set, dainty garlands, motif luncheon set, petal collar, two choux, blue birds and four lace edgin...
weave sample
Barker, Mary (1907-1999)
early 20th-mid 20th Century
A long sample of commercial weaving in peach, with a repeat stylised flower motif in an art deco style. The warp is in purple and green, the weft includes cream. Made by Mary Barker MBE, the first f...
geometric weave sample
Barker, Mary (1907-1999)
early 20th-mid 20th Century
A sample of commercial weaving in two colourways of mauve and pale yellow, with a repeat stylised design of butterflies within geometric cartouches in an art deco style. The warp is in tan. Made by ...
colourway sample
Barker, Mary (1907-1999)
early 20th-mid 20th Century
A woven sample with two different colourways, with burgundy warp and a mix of yellow and blue weft, with a different weft colour dominant in each colourway. The geometric repeated design appears to b...
weave sample with crane design
Barker, Mary (1907-1999)
early 20th-mid 20th Century
A sample of commercial weaving associated with the pointpaper design 2017.22.4, showing stylised cranes with a Japanese / art nouveau influence. This weave is in royal blue and cream over a green war...
Anaphe silk combings
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Card box with glass cover, containing samples of Anaphe wild silk combings. Anaphe is raw silk. This genus of silkworm, which produces this variety of silk, is found especially in Uganda and other par...
stencil
late 19th-mid 20th Century
This is one of a set of four stencils (ITC 2012.115.1-4) all of which add different detail to create a complex, possibly multicoloured, design. The design on the stencils includes dragons amongst clo...
sleeve panel
late 19th-mid 20th Century
A long pale green panel with repeats of embroidered motifs, predominantly in blue, black, pink and green. The design includes butterflies, flowers, bats and auspicious symbols, including the coin mot...
one of a pair of drawstring purses
mid 19th-mid 20th Century
One of a pair of oval drawstring purses with woven 'dragon robe' silk with red ties decorated with bound sections of blue threads. This one has burgundy cords with a decorated ceramic bead. The pai...
stencil
early 19th-mid 20th Century
A katagami stencil, used in resist dyeing of fabric, possibly depicts plum blossom and stylised pine bark motifs (matsukawa bishi). Pine is symbollic of longevity and plum of renewal. Both plants ar...
Aso-Oke outfit: head tie
c.1976-1984
This is a large, predominantly blue handwoven Aso-Oke head tie, woven in Ilorin, northern Yorubaland. Aso-Oke is a highly prized form of Yoruba handwoven cloth. This cloth is made up of six narrow st...
warp ikat kain sarung
late 20th Century
A red and black kain made up of three panels, all including warp ikat elements. There are also narrow blue, yellow and red stripes running through the material.
straw hat
late 20th Century
A straw pillbox hat [songkok?], intended for daily wear by Muslim men. It is light brown with dark brown bands and triangular/arrow patterning in gold plastic metallic thread. There is a wooden band i...
one of pair of pendants
20th Century
One of a pair of long embroidered symmetrical pendant hangings depicting a butterfly, lotus flower, shell and fishes. In bright colours including blue, green and pink, this is made up of seven indivi...
net
before 2000
A piece of stiff netting, probably fishing net (one of two pieces of the same width).