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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Xenophon | 5 |
| Birch, Thomas (1705-1766) | 4 |
| Coventry, Henry (1752) | 4 |
| Green, John Bishop of Lincoln (1706?-1779) | 4 |
| Hardwicke, Philip Yorke Earl of (1720-1790) | 4 |
| Heaton, Henry (1777) | 4 |
| Heberden, William (1710-1801) | 4 |
| Lawry, John (1773) | 4 |
| Rooke, George Henry (1702-1754) | 4 |
| Salter, Samuel (1778) | 4 |
The general history of the wars of the Romans
Polybius; Hampton, Mr (1721-1778); Green, William (fl. 1802?-1812); Davis, J (fl. 1811-1812?); Chaplin, Thomas (fl. 1812?-1855)
1812
"Printed by W. Green and T. Chaplin, 1, Crane Court, Fleet-street, London." - foot of p. [596].
lace
before 1947
This piece is labelled 'A very fine piece of 'Naxos' lace. It is worked in silk and with buttonhole and other lace stitches. Naxos (Greek island) lace is often done in green silk or in a pure lightis...
embroidered fragment
18th century
This item is a fragment of a border probably from a bed valance or pillow case. The embroidered pattern is composed of oblique detached leaves executed using alternating colours of red and green. Th...
skirt border
before 1947
This item is a skirt border made from two widths of fabric and hemmed along on edge. The pattern consists of a row of alternating red and green hexagons. The patterning technique is cross stitch. N...
embroidered fragment
before 1947
This item is a fragment with a border pattern of geometric flower motifs reminiscent of the Queen pattern. It is worked in pale shades of rose and green using pattern darning. The original label att...
jacket fronts
before 1947
These items comprise two jacket fronts identifiable by the shaped neck holes, a small triangular piece of embroidered fabric that has detached itself from one of the jacket pieces, and a further secti...
towel scarf
c. 1906
This item is embroidered at both ends with 25cm deep stylised carnation sprigs, symmetrically arranged on a central stem. The patterning techniques include double darning stitch, fishbone stitch and ...
border fragment
18th century
The embroidered pattern consists of oblique leaves placed side by side to produce two parallel border lines. Needlework holds the two separate pieces of base fabric together in the middle. The embro...
embroidered border fragment
before 1910
The border pattern embroidered on this item is a scenic composition consisting of house like forms, cypress trees and stylised flowers. These elements were commonly featured in Turkish embroideries o...