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Creator(s): University of Leeds (1904-)(Compiler); Sundour(Manufacturer (institution))

Title: Sundour Machine Prints [exhibit card]

Date created: 1933

Accession number: ITC 2011.89

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/gxdyn4m5

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/669806

Collection group(s): International Textile Collection

Description

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 7 annotated samples of vat dyed patterned textiles. From top left:

1. Reversible. The fabric in two parts showing front and back. Foliate pattern in brown, red and mustard.

2. Stylised flowers against a green lozenge background.

3. Daisies and other flowers crowded against a grass-filled background.

4. Stylised outlined flowes and leaves against a plain background.

lower section entitled 'Cotton and Viscose Silk'

5 and 6. Slub satin. Abstract pattern in browns and cream.

7. Weave pattern in yellow, orange and purple.


Samples are glued to apertures.



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; cotton; viscose silk; satin

Object: width 50cm height 68cm

Features

2' in pencil. . Recto centre bottom.

'Metal' in pencil. Verso, bottom left corner.

Accession details

Accession number: ITC 2011.89

Accession date: 18/02/2011

Source: Transfer; University of Leeds, School of Chemistry

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