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Total number of records: 171
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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...
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.
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...
fragment
before 1920
The pattern in brown cream and pink on a cream background consists of a curvilinear lattice of plant stems enclosing a symmetrical plant spray.
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.