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Archive File

Recipes, without patterns, numbered twice, 1-156 and 188-342

No date

Numbers 76 (263) - 156 (342) are also numbered 1-79, and a note to number 76 refers to the commencement of a new pattern book for 1846. Recipes are headed with the customer's name. Many are accompanie...

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(Arr.) Sullivan: Capriccio

1984

1984 pf duet The piece is "transcribed from a vocal duet in 'The Beauty Stone'". Dated at end June-Sept. 1984. Ink, on a single bifolium of 22-stave music MS paper.

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Textile

Class H Woollen and Worsted Fabrics, Autumn 1904

University of Leeds (1904-)

1904

A hardback with black covers and spine. Red label and gold text on spine. Book no.4. Contains woven fabric samples polychrome, mostly black; dark grey and dark blue shades. Non paginated, some sam...

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Textile

Soieries Été 1954 pour échantillonnage Été 1955 Envoi C

Société des Nouveautés Textiles

1954-1955

Softback with buff coloured covers. Black text on cover. Contains garment fabric samples including voile, taffeta, jacquard weave. Woven patterning in 1-4 colours includes stripes, dots, chevrons, ...

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bag sampler
Textile

bag sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

c. 1944

Cream canvas with part worked geometrical design embroidered in red, blue and grey wool and grey floss silk threads using tent, cross and long armed cross stitches. A plaited wool handle is attached t...

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Archive Item

The Festival theatre [at Cambridge].

01-Jan-1927

Nation & Athenaeum, 1st January 1927, p 480.

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Archive Item

Letter from: Tjebbi Kito, La Capponcina, Cap d'Ail, Alpes Maritimes; 4th March 1963

04/03/1963

Acknowledgement on behalf of Lord Beaverbrook.

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Archive Print Item

Elements of the Hebrew language

Hurwitz, Hyman (1770-1844); Roth, Cecil (1899-1970)

1807

In two parts. Part I. Orthography...[etc.].

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