Linen Suitings [exhibit card]
Details
Title: Linen Suitings [exhibit card]
Date created: early 20th-mid 20th Century
Accession number: ITC 2011.80
Site Location(s): Created in - Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.7965, -1.54785 )
Place of creation: Made in United Kingdom - Leeds
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/666324
Collection group(s): International Textile Collection
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Description
Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying twelve annotated samples of dyed linen suiting textiles. Samples are taped and glued to apertures.
Section 1. entitled 'Tropical': four samples i. loom state; ii. mercerised. vat dyed. finished; iii. indigosol tinted; iv. vat dyed.
Section 2. entitled 'Dutch East Indies'. three samples i. loom state; ii. treated with acid stannic chloride at 60 degrees centigrade. iii. bleached and dyed with direct dyes.
Final section: crepe (2 samples: white and tintted) and cambrics (bleached and two vat dyed).
Exhibit card from original box entitled '(1) Sundour Fabrics (2) Edinburgh Weavers (3) Home School of Crafts (4) Indian Cottage Industry'
Physical characteristics
Category: Textile
Technique: Textile-Dyed
Medium: card; linen
Object: width 50cm height 68cm
Features
BOTTOM' in pencil, centre bottom, front. (1) in pencil top right verso.
Accession details
Accession number: ITC 2011.80
Accession date: 18/02/2011
Source: Transfer; University of Leeds, School of Chemistry
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