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Total number of records: 89

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Textiles35
Archives26
Books and printed items17
Objects10
Indexes1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
International Textile Collection35
Liddle Collection15
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture13
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History4
Leeds Russian Archive4
Art and Antique Market3
Brotherton Collection3
Feminist Archive North1
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
Herbert Read Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
occupations11
textile industry11
home9
home economics9
implements, utensils etc6
lace and lace making6
culture4
bobbin lace3
folklore3
material culture3

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
United Kingdom13
Leeds5
Manchester5
Japan3
Great Britain2
India2
London2
Nigeria2
Tokyo2
Barcelona1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Slinn, Gillian A9
Pesel, Louisa F5
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)4
University of Leeds3
Wm. Briggs & Co. Ltd.3
Edinburgh Weavers2
Ricci, Elisa2
The Conde Nast Publications Ltd.2
The Textile Institute2
Adelugba, Dapo1

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 199981
Up to latest8

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 mat
Textile

lace mat

early 20th Century

A small mat made in the hairpin lace style.

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Textile

lace handkerchief

early 20th Century

A cream coloured lace handkerchief with a geometric design of four stars, each in one corner. The lace was made by needle weaving onto netting. The design was created by couching the shapes first onto...

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Textile

lace doily

20th Century

A white table centre made from a circular piece of damask with a crocheted lace border. The damask fabric has a circular pattern of tulips and clovers. The crocheted border forms a lace band around th...

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