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Textile: ITC 2011.101 Contains digital media

Woollen Cloths [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); Winterbotham, Strachan & Playne, Stroud

1932

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 7 annotated samples of dyed woollen textiles. Samples are glued to apertures, one with additional tape. 1. Bleached Fla...

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Textile: ITC 2011.102 Contains digital media

Billiard Cloth [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); Howard & Powell, Ltd, Stroud

1931

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 7 annotated samples showing the stages of preparation of billiard cloth, with a 3 month period of manufacture from wool bl...

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Textile: ITC 2011.127 Contains digital media

Casement Cloth [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); Courtaulds Ltd.

early 20th-mid 20th Century

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying one large sample of a yarn dyed casement cloth with viscose warp and cotton weft, with a woven stylised floral repeat patt...

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Textile: ITC 1999.377

Compound Cloths [lecture notes]

Yorkshire College

1874-1904

Hardback with black covers. Impressed and pencilled text on cover. Contains handwritten inscriptions, line diagrams and point paper patterns. Includes 13 woven fabric sample which are unpatterned o...

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Textile: ITC 1999.374

Cloth Structure and Designing [lecture notes]

1916

A hardback with dark green covers and deteriorated black spine. Contains handwritten study notes, line diagrams and point paper patterns relating to woven fabric structure and design. Also includes ...

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Textile: ITC 2011.81 Contains digital media

Lancashire Fabrics. Corset Cloth [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-)

early 20th-mid 20th Century

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying ten annotated samples of dyed corset cloth with cotton warp and viscose weft. Samples are glued to apertures. (One apertu...

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Textile: ITC 1999.354

Class E Yarn Dyed Mantle Cloths, Autumn 1896

Yorkshire College

1896

A hardback with black covers, red labels and gold text on spine. Contains woven fabric samples which are monochrome and unpatterned or have polychrome speckled patterning or checks. Many samples are...

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Textile: ITC 2011.82 Contains digital media

Lancashire Fabrics. Corset Cloth Satin Weave [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-)

early 20th-mid 20th Century

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying nine annotated samples of dyed viscose (warp) and cotton (weft) satin weave corset cloth. Samples are glued to apertures....

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Textile: ITC 2011.54 Contains digital media

Cellulose Acetate-Viscose-Cotton Sponge Cloth [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-)

1931

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 5 annotated samples of sponge cloth, the first two appearing to be undyed, the remaining three with different combinations...

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Textile: ITC 2011.103 Contains digital media

Handwoven Cloths From Handspun Yarns Dyed with Natural Dyestuffs [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); Home School of Crafts Saffron Walden

1931

A cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry referencing the Home School of Crafts in Saffron Walden. It displays 6 samples of hand-woven cloth using yarn dyed with natural dye...

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Textile: ITC 2017.50 Contains digital media

Phiovindiyo Red B [dyeing sample]

mid 19th-mid 20th Century

A sample of the Thio Indigo Red B 9 (k) dyed cloth with a white label, wrapped in brown parcel paper with manuscript text.

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Textile: ITC 2011.94 Contains digital media

Linens [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-)

early 20th-mid 20th Century

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying eight annotated samples of linens. Samples are glued to apertures. From top left. 1. 'Tent Duck'; 2. 'Hangar Canva...

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