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Total number of records: 46

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Textiles45
Books and printed items1

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International Textile Collection45
Brotherton Collection1
Incunabula1

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Asia46
Kashmir38
Tibet7
Delhi1

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Baron Brotherton1
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton1
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)1
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton1
Johann1
Johann Von Koln (1471-1491)1
Lord Brotherton1
Manthen, Johann1
Manthen, Johann (1471-1481)1
Pius, Pope (1405-1464)1

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shawl sample
Textile

shawl sample

1820

Sample of twill woven small floral design, woven in shades of red, yellow, blue and black on a dark beige ground, within a woven red sample.

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shawl fragment
Textile

shawl fragment

mid - late 18th Century

A fragment consisting of part of the border of a red shawl. The fabric is twill woven. The design consists of a repeating series of large buta motifs. The predominant colours are reds but there are...

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shawl
Textile

shawl

1870-1880

Large rectangular shawl, jacquard woven, in shades of red, green, orange, purple, pale and dark green, burgundy and cream woollen threads. The all over design is twill woven with two threads for every...

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shawl
Textile

shawl

early 18th-mid 18th Century

A fragment consisting of part of a cream shawl including the border. The fabric has been twill woven using fine yarn. The main border design consists of a repeating series of large floral motifs se...

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shawl sample
Textile

shawl sample

19th Century

Sample of twill woven fabric with an all over floral border design woven in shaded of pink, red, blue, green, and lilac in a beige ground. The outlines of the flowers are embroidered in contrasting co...

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shawl
Textile

shawl

early 19th Century

Twill woven shawl with an all over design composed of a central medalion and quarter medallions in each corner. A decorative border surrounds the whole design. The central field of the shawl has a re...

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shawl
Textile

shawl

mid 19th Century

Long rectangular shawl jacquard woven in shades of red, green, lilac, pale blue, cream and burgundy. An all over design stylised floral design radiates toward a plain cream centre. Wool warp and cotto...

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shawl sample
Textile

shawl sample

19th century

Sample of twill woven fabric with fine stylised floral design woven within traditional shapes in shades of red, pink, yellow, green lilac, black and blue. The outline of the designs is embroidered in ...

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shawl
Textile

shawl

c. 1830

Long shawl with a large patterned border (phala) along each end comprising of eight buta shapes with a narrow patterned border (tanjir) on either side. The sides have a narrow patterned border (hashiy...

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shawl fragment
Textile

shawl fragment

early 19th Century

Fragment of the corner of a border of a shawl. With a cream ground and woven patterning in red and blue. Widest border has left facing butehs with large flowers inside and smaller floral motifs arou...

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shawl fragment
Textile

shawl fragment

early 19th Century

Fragment of the border of a shawl. Twill tapestry woven with a cream ground and woven patterning in red and blue. Widest border has left facing butehs with large flowers inside and smaller floral mot...

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shawl fragment
Textile

shawl fragment

19th Century

Sample of fine woven cloth with embroidered stylised floral design with two flower heads, and a narrow border along one side. The ground is green with the embroidery worked in greens, blue, red and wh...

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