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Creator(s): University of Leeds (1904-)(Compiler)

Title: Piece Dyed Fabrics [exhibit card]

Date created: early 20th-mid 20th Century

Accession number: ITC 2011.58

Site Location(s): Created in - Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.7965, -1.54785 )

Place of creation: Made in United Kingdom - Leeds

Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/l8wwbm16

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/666319

Collection group(s): International Textile Collection

Description

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying eight annotated samples of dyed silk and silk and viscose textiles of various types of patterned and textured weaves. The samples are as follows from top left:


1. (warp) seraceta, nett silk (3% of fabric), (weft) seraceta - plain weave

2. (warp) viscose, (weft) spun silk - organic abstract pattern

3. (warp) 2/15 den. 85 turns Italian silk, (pile) 100 den. 30 fils viscose, (weft) 75 den. 14 fils. 30 turns viscose - floral pattern against a sheer background

4. (warp) 2/12 den. China thrown silk, (pile) 120 den. 60 fils. Tudenza viscose, (weft) 50 den. 10 fils viscose, 15 den. Canton silk 16 turns - raised broken net pattern against sheer background

5. (warp) nett silk, (weft) nett silk and viscose

6. (warp) nett silk, (weft) nett silk and viscose

7. (warp) nett silk, (weft) nett silk and viscose - dense flower pattern in golden yellow and black

8. (warp) nett silk, viscose stripe,(weft) crepe nett silk


Samples are glued to the apertures.



Exhibit card from original box entitled '(1) Courtaulds Ltd (2) Rayon Fabrics'

Physical characteristics

Category: Textile

Technique: Textile-Dyed

Medium: card; silk; viscose

Object: width 50cm height 68cm

Features

No 6' bottom front in pencil
Reverse: 'metal f' (frame?) and '1/6 back' in pencil

Accession details

Accession number: ITC 2011.58

Accession date: 18/02/2011

Source: Transfer; University of Leeds, School of Chemistry

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