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Total number of records: 168

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Textiles63
Archives60
Books and printed items32
Objects10
Indexes3

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
International Textile Collection63
Brotherton Collection18
Liddle Collection16
Art and Antique Market14
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History14
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture13
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection7
English Literature4
Leeds Russian Archive4
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse3

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SubjectCount
lace and lace making11
occupations11
textile industry11
home9
home economics9
implements, utensils etc6
photographs6
culture4
family4
photography4

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
United Kingdom19
Europe8
Italy5
Leeds5
Manchester5
Great Britain3
Japan3
Barcelona2
Genoa, Italy2
India2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Slinn, Gillian A9
Pesel, Louisa F7
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)5
University of Leeds3
Wm. Briggs & Co. Ltd.3
Edinburgh Weavers2
Ricci, Elisa2
Sackville, Charles, Earl of Dorset2
The Conde Nast Publications Ltd.2
The Textile Institute2

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From 160013
From 170020
From 180045
From 190089

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Up to 189940
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lace sampler
Textile

lace sampler

19th century

A pink embroidered rectangular sampler of drawn thread work designs in the centre surrounded by repeating floral motifs. All four sides of the ground fabric are neatly hemmed. The open woven cotton gr...

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Textile

lace border

1900-1947

An A3 photograph of lace border.

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Lace Specimens
Archive Item

Lace Specimens

Slinn, Gillian A

3 June 1964

Specimens of Nottingham lace. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1391 and LAVC/PHO/P1392.

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Archive Item

Lace Specimens

Slinn, Gillian A

3 June 1964

Cotton socks finished with Nottingham lace. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1390 and LAVC/PHO/P1392.

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lace calendar
Textile

lace calendar

1999-2000

A calendar for the year 2000 in white machine lace; design with the earth surrounded by doves in a circular border.

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lace mat
Textile

lace mat

c. 1990

A circular lace mat with large central flower design in cream cotton.

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Lace Specimens
Archive Item

Lace Specimens

Slinn, Gillian A

[1963-1964]

Specimens of Nottingham lacework.

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Lace Specimens
Archive Item

Lace Specimens

Slinn, Gillian A

[1963-1964]

Specimens of Nottingham lacework.

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lace mat
Textile

lace mat

mid 20th Century

A lace mat or doily with flower and leaf motifs.

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lace mat
Textile

lace mat

late 20th Century

A crocheted lace mat or doily, made to be fluted from the centre. This was brought back from a holiday in Barcelona by a friend of the donor.

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lace frontage
Textile

lace frontage

after 1600

A false frontage with a moth and grape vine motif.

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lace mat
Textile

lace mat

after 1600

Even weave cirlcle of linen with a possibly early 20th century design in lace chain stitch, with a red embroidered stitch.

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