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Katazomi illustrative process samples and raw materials
2017
11 square cotton samples in various stages of katazome (stencil) dyeing using brushes, including completed pieces, along with their wooden drying supports. Also included are samples of natural ingred...
The Dyer, calico printer, bleacher, finisher, and textile review
Heywood and Co.; Hurst, George H
1897
This hardback publication is Volume 22, published in 1897 and contains188 pages. It includes an index, black and white illustrations and 11 sample pages, each with 16 small cloth or yarn samples illus...
Luxurious Textiles
Luxurious Textiles Ltd
1981
Grey ringbinder with black text on cover. Contains sample cards of textiles and wallpaper with a pricelist and leaflet with coloured illustrations. Non paginated.
Art Needlework by Penelope: Designs for cream linens
1930-1945
A5 embroidery pamphlet in orange with 20 pages: "Containing Eighteen designs - illustrated in full colour with instructions for working" Series 135
Art Needlework by Penelope: Designs for brown linens
1930-1945
A5 embroidery pamphlet in turquoise with 23 pages: "Containing Eighteen designs - illustrated in full colour with instructions for working" Series 235
Chlorazol colours on cotton yarn
Imperial Chemical Industries; British Dyestuffs Corporation Ltd.
1927
This 41 page booklet was made by the British Dyestuffs Corporation Ltd. (a constituent company of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.) showing the Chlorazol colour on cotton yarn. The inner pages show...
Primuline Colours [dyeing samples]
Green, Professor Arthur George - University of Leeds (1864-1941)
1887
This book functions as a box that contains twelve samples of dyed cotton cloth with primuline coulours. On the front cover, a handwritten text was added underneath the title (also written by hand): 'T...
repeat pattern printed samples
Lin, Dr Xun - University of Leeds, School of Design
before 1995
Four samples relating to larger black and white printed textiles (ITC 2012.121 - ITC 2012.153), featuring a regular repeat pattern, which illustrate the repeat printing process. The repeat fish moti...
notebook
Duxbury, Mabel (1924-2010)
mid 20th-late 20th Century
A red notebook with written notes made by Mrs Mabel Duxbury on basketry and related skills. The notebook also includes loose notes on dyeing wool with natural materials. The notebook covers cane work ...