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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)12
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Union News, issue 289
Archive Item

Archive File

"Oh, Love is Fair"

1920-2000

n.d. voc, pf Song to words by Rupert Brooke. Signed at the end "James C. Brown", and so probably not later than 1946. Ink, single bifolium. The MS has been folded horizontally, and is in a fragile sta...

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Archive File
cushion cover
Textile

cushion cover

1986

A cushion cover with a geometric design produced by discharge printing. The discharge printing process begins with the dyeing of the whole of the fabric then a paste applied with a printing block to ...

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Lieut. Harry Dent Crompton Prize Fund Scheme Design and Structure of Woven Fabrics Reference Collection
Textile

Lieut. Harry Dent Crompton Prize Fund Scheme Design and Structure of Woven Fabrics Reference Collection

The Textile Institute

1939-1940

Buff coloured paper covers with holes punched for string binding, which is missing. Black text on cover. Book no.21. Contains varied samples of woven dress and furnishing fabrics. Monochrome and p...

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Été 1959 Envoi 5
Textile

Été 1959 Envoi 5

Société des Nouveautés Textiles

1959

Softback with grey coloured covers. Black text on cover. Sample book of fabrics for the fashion industry issued 5th June 1959. Contains woven fabric samples with patterning including stripes, checks...

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Design
Textile

Design

Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)

1950-2008

Painted stylised floral design with a pattern of pink and purple flowers on a blue background

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kain batik
Textile

kain batik

c. 2014

This is a kain (hip wrapper) in batik tulis (hand drawn). The design incorporates elements that are familiar from more traditional batik designs, such as the garuda wing and differenty kinds of flower...

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Archive Item

The Restoration stage.

08-Dec-1923

Nation & Athenaeum, 8th December 1923, p 380. Review of A Nicoll; A History of restoration drama 1660-1700.

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