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Total number of records: 2743

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Books and printed items1242
Archives905
Textiles422
Indexes88
Objects50
Art items29
People and organisations7

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Brotherton Collection623
International Textile Collection422
English Literature278
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture97
Art and Antique Market96
Liddle Collection87
Herbert Read Collection76
Letters Database71
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History58
Leeds Poetry53

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english poetry42
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nature29
community life27
textile industry26
manners and customs24
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United Kingdom109
China77
France54
Indonesia53
Great Britain34
Japan31
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Nigeria25
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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)56
Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron (1788-1824)51
Pesel, Louisa F50
Moore, Thomas (1779-1852)35
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-182434
Moore, Thomas34
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)30
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)25
Balzac, Honore De (1799-1850)24
Ducourneau, Jean A24

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Archive Print Item

Conversation pieces

Art Exhibitions Bureau

[1960?]

Catalogue of an exhibition circulated by the Art Exhibitions Bureau, London.

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Mixed media

Triple Piece

Loxton, Jan

1990

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Archive File

Piece of Fabric

1914-1918

Piece of fabric from Gotha shot down over Margate on 22.12.17. See M.Couchman, GS, Diary 18.7.17 - 12.2.18 pp74-75

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Archive Series

Pieces of Land

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1970-1979

This series contains items relating to Crossley-Holland's travel book 'Pieces of Land', published in 1972. Includes correspondence, drafts, and research materials.

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Time pieces

Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006); Johns, Emily

c1988

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Framed pieces

Mayor, David

[197-]

A length of elastic thread is enclosed. Catalogued from page [3].

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Archive Object File

Pieces of embroidery

1914-1918

5 x pieces of embroidery, coloured thread on black background showing badges of the Worcestershire Rest. Royal Warwickshire Rest. Royal Engineers and Army Vetinerv Corns. The 5th is a floral design, p...

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Archive File

Archive File

Pieces of Furniture

c.1940-c.2000

Alphabetically arranged research notes on different types of furniture ranging from different types of chair ('gondola', 'hall', 'library') to chiffoniers, dinner wagons, towel horses and wardrobes. A...

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Time pieces

Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006); Johns, Emily

c1988

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Time pieces

Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006); Johns, Emily

c1988

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Conversation pieces

Finney, Louise

[2015]

"Published in an edition of 25 on the occasion of PAGES Leeds International Contemporary Artists Book Fair, The Tetley, Leeds, UK, 6 to 8 March 2015."

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