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Brotherton Collection74
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Liddle Collection22
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Stoner, Edmund Clifton, 1899-196814
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)12
Ferraris, Lucius4
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Society of Friends. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting4
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)4
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Jurin, James (1684-1750)3
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Union News, issue 281
Archive Item

Union News, issue 281

18/06/1965

Big Changes Prove Great Success. Rag Issue.

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Archive File

Edna Manley's Diary : Scripts 100- 281

Brown, Wayne

1971

This file contains 181 transcripts of excerpts from Edna Manley' s diary from February 1939 to 16 May 1951, compiled by Wayne Brown in 1971. The original folder was labelled 'Edna' s Diary copy 2 [100...

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Archive File

Prudence, or Ex Statu Pupillari

1947

1947 voc, pf Piano I part of an entertainment written for the Footlights: six numbers, plus a "Prudence Overture". Ink, in a music MS book, with the overture taped in.

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Archive File

Journal d'un séjour Ë Paris

1869

Comprises a diary of a visit to Paris, 7 November 1869-19 December 1869. First leaf inscribed "Paris le 8 Octobre 9 - au Bd Maillat, Neuilly (Seine) 116".

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batik fabric
Textile

batik fabric

20th Century

This piece of batik cloth was probably originally worn as a sarong. This is suggested by the design of a central panel, "kepala", which is of a different pattern to that decorating the main field. I...

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Textile

The Textile Institute, Lieut. Harry Dent Crompton Prize Fund Scheme, Design and Structure of Woven Fabrics, Reference Collection No.7

The Textile Institute

1925

String bound book with brown covers with black text on front cover. Containing samples of patterned clothing, furnishing and household fabrics. Non paginated.

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Eté 1958 Envoi 5
Textile

Eté 1958 Envoi 5

Société des Nouveautés Textiles

1958

Softback with grey coloured covers. Black text on cover. Sample book of fabrics for the fashion industry, issued 16th June 1958. Contains woven fabric samples with polychrome patterning. Most sampl...

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Design
Textile

Design

Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)

1950-2008

Painted floral design with pink flowers on a blue background

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Textile

table runner

Duxbury, Mabel (1924-2010)

mid 20th-late 20th Century

A white table runner with damask weave of swans and water lilies. The width ends have crochet edging.

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mau ana
Textile

mau ana

late 20th Century

A mau ana (literal: 'little blanket'); a sash or shawl worn around the neck, presented in gift giving ceremonies to welcome visitors. It has predominantly pink, green and black stripes with occasional...

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Archive Item

John Ford.

24-Sep-1920

Nation & Athenaeum, 24th September 1920, p 400.

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