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Total number of records: 34

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items29
Textiles5

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection19
International Textile Collection5
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections3
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society3

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
romanies3
demonology2
slavery2
world war, 1914-19182
diplomatic relations1
folk music, gypsy1
french1
geology1
jews1
pirates1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Morocco34
Fez5
Andalusia (Spain)3
Spain3
Germany2
Great Britain2
Mancha (Spain)2
Africa, North1
Europe1
France1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
IsmaʻIl, Sultan of Morocco, -17273
Starkie, Walter (1894-1976)3
Addison, Lancelot (1632-1703)2
Braithwaite, John (1700?-1768?)2
Morel, E D (1873-1924)2
Ripperda, Juan Guillermo Duque De (1680-1737)2
Westermarck, Edward (1862-1939)2
Berard, Victor (1864-1931)1
Bompard, Maurice (1854-1935)1
Browne, Daniel1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 16005
From 17009
From 18005
From 190013

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 16995
Up to 17999
Up to 18995
Up to 199915
border fragment
Textile

border fragment

before 1914

This item is a fragment from the border of a larger item, possibly a curtain. It is embroidered with individual floral sprays set side by side vertically, with smaller floral sprays filling the gaps....

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fragment of bed cover
Textile

fragment of bed cover

before 1947

This item is a long strip of handspun and handwoven plain weave cotton fabric with a monochrome black panel of patterned embroidery down the centre. The pattern is composed of repeating diamond shape...

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female headdress
Textile

female headdress

mid 19th-19th Century

One of this pair of female headdresses is embroidered in monochrome black, whilst the other is embroidered using black and navy cotton threads. The patterning resembles the queen pattern found on Gre...

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Archive Print Item

The tourist in Spain and Morocco

Roscoe, Thomas (1791-1871); Roberts, David (1796-1864)

1838

Added t.-p., engraved.

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embroidered panel
Textile

embroidered panel

19th Century

This item is embroidered along the longer edge with a border pattern of geometric stylised plant motifs. A 3cm wide geometric border frames the pattern at the bottom and the two sides. The embroider...

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embroidered panel
Textile

embroidered panel

1947

This item is embroidered along the longer sides with 11cm deep border patterns. The patterns consist of a band of geometric diamonds and a band of geometric stylised floral motifs set on zigzag bases...

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Archive Print Item

Narrative of a journey to Morocco, in 1863 and 1864

Hodgkin, Thomas (1798-1866)

1866

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Archive Print Item

Archive Print Item

West Barbary, or, A short narrative of the revolutions of the Kingdoms of Fez and Morocco : with an account of the present customs, sacred, civil, and domestick

Addison, Lancelot (1632-1703)

1671

"An index of the Morrish works": [7] p. at end. Indexed in: Wing A532.

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