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Total number of records: 193

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
United Kingdom	193
Leeds	71
Dundee	21
Winchester	21
Bradford	5
Manchester	5
Nigeria	2
Coventry	1
London	1
Nottingham	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Pesel, Louisa F	43
University of Leeds	36
Yorkshire College	31
Blackburn, Tolson and Co.	18
Barker, Mary	7
David Sowden and Sons	5
Edinburgh Weavers	3
Imperial Chemical Industries	3
Sundour	3
T. Cross & Co. Bolton	3

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1800	64
From 1900	129

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1899	37
Up to 1999	155

Textile

Para Red Resist [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); C.P.A. Ltd.

1932

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 5 annotated samples of dyed textiles. Samples are attached to appertures . The samples are: - Grey - Singed - Bleache...

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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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Azoic Red Stripe Cotton Brocade for Africa [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); T. Cross & Co. Bolton

1932

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, with 7 annotated samples showing the stages of preparation of striped cotton brocade. Samples are glued to apertures. 1. Grey; 2....

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matting sample

early 20th Century

Sample of matting, possibly made in Dundee. Paper label attached. Various shades of red and blue. Vertical stripes on the right hand side in green and brown. Horizontal blue and red stripes.

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order book

Hutchinson, Hollingworth & Co. Ltd.

1939

Softback with orange-red covers and red spine. Contains printed forms entitled 'Hollingworth & Knowles Loom Specification'. Handwritten entries give details of looms made and the companies they were...

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sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1870-1947

Two embroidered roundels worked in red and green silk on canvas.

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2742 to 2879 [loom book]

Blackburn, Tolson and Co.

1903-1905

Hardback with black covers and red spine. White label and black text on spine. Contains handwritten notes and diagrams in red and black ink showing loom configurations, nos Ptn 2742 to 2879. 381 pa...

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loom book

Blackburn, Tolson and Co.

1925-1926

Hardback with green covers and red spine. White label and black text on spine. Contains handwritten notes and diagrams in red and black ink showing loom configurations, nos Ptn 4658 (335) to 5023 (5...

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