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Archæologia Græca, or, The antiquities of Greece (v.1)
Potter, John (1747)
1764
Title pages in red and black.
Archæologia Græca: or, the antiquities of Greece (v.1)
Potter, John (1747)
1775
Edition statement precedes author's name on t.p. Title in red and black.
Archæologia Græca: or, the antiquities of Greece (v.2)
Potter, John (1747)
1775
Edition statement precedes author's name on t.p. Title in red and black.
Archæologia Græca, or, The antiquities of Greece (v.2)
Potter, John (1747)
1764
Title pages in red and black.
lace on cotton
before 1910
A piece of coarsely woven cotton with a linen lace square partly stitched to the cotton fabric as a stitch sample with a join of pulled work. There are a small number of stitches on the cotton in red...
embroidered border
before 1947
Long length of plain woven natural coloured linen with a repeating stylised floral design worked in red silk thread in a form of long armed cross stitch with additional stitches worked beneath.
border fragment
This item is a border fragment with three hemmed sides. The embroidered pattern is composed of oblique detached leaves, worked alternately in red and blue threads, using cross stitch. The thick flos...
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...
The history of the Grecian war: in eight books. Written by Thucydides. Faithfully translated from the original by Thomas Hobbes of Malmsbury. With maps describing the countrey
Thucydides; Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679)
1676
Added engraved title-page, with title: Eight bookes of the Peloponnesian warre, written by Thucydides the sonne of Olorus. Interpreted with faith and diligence immediately out of the Greeke, by Thomas...
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...
fragment
18th century
This item may have originally formed part of a skirt. The border pattern is composed of stylised carnations in vases, placed side by side, with a border of floral scrolls at the bottom. It is worked...
embroidered fragment
18th century
This item may have originally formed part of a skirt. The border pattern is composed of stylised carnations in vases, placed side by side, with pairs of birds perched in the leaves of alternate flowe...