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fragment
1740-1770
Complex weave dress fabric with brocading. The design, which is weft faced comprises of stylized roses with a background of lace ribbon. The supplementary weft fibres of the pattern do not extend the ...
fragment
before 1700
The pattern in silver and gold on a green background consists of stylized flowers of several different kinds. The weave is plain with both warp and weft of green silk. The brocaded flower motifs c...
ikat style weave
Barker, Mary (1907-1999)
mid 20th-20th Century
A long cream weave with fringing divided into three sections showing a red butterfly, green wave type motif and a yellow iris. Thwo of the sections are woven with a gold lurex type weft, with a silve...
hanging scroll
late 19th-early 20th Century
A hanging scroll depicting a rocky shoreline with boats and a building in shades of black, white and yellow. The main image is created using the y?zen-bir?do technique - a panel of velvet weaving w...
repeat pattern printed textile
Lin, Dr Xun - University of Leeds, School of Design
before 1995
Length of black and white printed textile, featuring a regular repeat pattern with two-fold rotational symmetry.
repeat pattern printed textile
Lin, Dr Xun - University of Leeds, School of Design
before 1995
Length of black and white printed textile, featuring a regular repeat pattern based on fish, with two-fold rotational symmetry.
horsehair sample
mid 20th Century
A sample of Chinese horsehair. In the leather trade, horsehair brushes are used for polishing as they pick up dust well and do not scratch; they are also sold as domestic polishing brushes. Horsehai...
furniture cover
late 18th century
This item is symmetrically assembled from two panels of silk zhicheng, a traditional weft patterned fabric in which the patterning wefts do not run the full width of the fabric but instead have been i...
sampler
Hollis, Mary
1740
Sampler made by Mary Hollis, 1740. This is probably stitched by a child, as was originally part of a collection of school children's work. The sampler is worked in horizontal bands of alphabet, numb...
Mexican fibre sample
mid 20th Century
Sample of dyed fibre (mostly black, some fibres do not appear to have taken the dye and are cream or brown coloured). The sample is probably of 'Mexican fibre'. This name Mexican fibre is used for ...
batik picture
1970-1976
This is a large picture showing a scene from the Bharata Yudha saga (known in India as Mahabharata). This scene is called 'Kresna Duta' (Kresna as Ambassador); the Prince Kresna is shown holding the r...
sampler
Pesel, Louisa F (1947)
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Coarse hessian part worked with a geometric design in cross and tent stitch, worked in coloured wool threads. The original Louisa Pesel card label attached reads ' Seat model from cross stitch book. P...