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Top 10: Place

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Indonesia7
Germany7
United Kingdom6
Leeds3
India3
Bali2
Japan2
West Java2
Tenganan2
China2

Top 10: People and organisations

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Morrell, Professor Anne B3
Farbwerke Hoechst3
Leopold Cassella & Co. G.M.B.H2
Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik A.G.2
Shanghai Edelweiss Silk Woolen Co., Ltd.1
Read Holliday & Sons Ltd1
Tsuiki, Noriko1
Home Sewing Publications Limited1
Churchill, Sidney John Alexander1
Fried. Bayer & Co. Elberfeld.1
The migration of stitches and the practice of stitch as movement. Illustrative samples
Textile

The migration of stitches and the practice of stitch as movement. Illustrative samples

Morrell, Professor Anne B

2007

11 Embroidery samples used as photographic illustrations in a publication.

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Souvenir, Coming of Age of Mr William Whitehead New Lane Mills, Laisterdyke

11-Sep-05

Souvenir publication with 38 plates, published to celebrate the coming of age of Mr William Whitehead of New Lane Mills, depicting black and white photographs of mill work, celebrations and dignitarie...

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Textile

Sewing Fashion

Home Sewing Publications Limited

Oct-63

42 page magazine with sewing projects, adverts, horoscope, readers' tips and related articles.

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Morrell stitch samples
Textile

Morrell stitch samples

Morrell, Professor Anne B

c. 2016

A set of 13 stitch samples made by Professor Anne Morrell to illustrate the method of creating stitch patterns for her publication 'Embroidered & Stitched Textiles Fragments from Kashmir' (2017). All ...

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Morrell stitch samples
Textile

Morrell stitch samples

Morrell, Professor Anne B

c. 2016

A set of 3 stitch samples made by Professor Anne Morrell to illustrate patterns in her book 'Stitches in Gujarati Embroidery' (2015). All stitch patterns correlate to embroidered textile designs from ...

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clamp resist textile

early 21st Century

A piece of Chinese resist dyed fabric, clamp dyed with dark indigo blue. The image dyed into the fabric is a symmetric semi-geometric landscape within a frame. The landscape frame is a floral design w...

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decorative panel

early 21st Century

A white cotton with a silver supplementary thread. One corner is elaborately decorated with gold coloured metal thread satin stitch embroidery and plastic sequins in a winged motif with heart and flo...

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letter
Textile

letter

Churchill, Sidney John Alexander (1862-1921)

28-Jul-00

Letter of two sheets from Sidney J A Churchill, British Consulate, Naples, describing a design for a silk prayer rug (ITC 2008.36.1) Also mentions ownership of a fragment of Persian carpet and the pos...

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Glass mirrors

2000-2006

Seven hand cut glass mirrors known as shisha mirrors made for inclusion in embroidery.

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coasters
Textile

coasters

Kokura Creation Inc. (1996-)

2007-2009

Set of five plain-woven fabric coasters made of kokura-ori cotton fabric, in a presentation pack. The technique for producing kokura-ori fabric, originally worn by the Buzen Kokura clan, was invent...

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Facial makeup in Beijing Opera [head scarf]
Textile

Facial makeup in Beijing Opera [head scarf]

Shanghai Edelweiss Silk Woolen Co., Ltd.

2000-2004

A square of silk in white with a black / yellow border of striped pyramids, with Chinese symbols in each corner, which translate as 'Chinese Peking Opera'. The central rectangular design is of two Ch...

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Acid Alizarine Colours and suitable combination products fast to light [dyeing samples]
Textile

Acid Alizarine Colours and suitable combination products fast to light [dyeing samples]

Fried. Bayer & co. Elberfeld.

Apr-04

This booklet includes samples of the Acid Alizarine colours. It shows suitable combination products fast to light. Directions for dyeing are included indicating the necessary percentages of all ingred...

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