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Union News, issue 206
Archive Item

Union News, issue 206

09/02/1962

Sir Charles Questions Medics' Intellect

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 141-61

Issuer/creator: Antoninus Pius (138-61)

Place: Rome

Material: silver

panel for purse
Textile

panel for purse

before 1947

This item forms a panel intended for use in the construction of a purse. It is tapestry woven in the pattern of a tulip using a silk weft and linen warp. The tulip is said to come from a Persian wor...

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Archive Item

Textile

Homo

J. Claude Frères & Co

1929-1931

Hardback with mottled black and yellow covers and white spine. Black text on cover, pencil inscription on spine. Contains fabric samples with varied monochrome and polychrome patterning. Includes ve...

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Deuxième Saison 1955 Envoi C
Textile

Deuxième Saison 1955 Envoi C

Société des Nouveautés Textiles

1955

Softback with dark blue covers. Black text on cover. Sample book for the fashion industry of menswear fabric, issued 3rd October 1955. Contains woven fabric samples of varying weights with polychrom...

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Design
Textile

Design

Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)

1950-2008

Painted stylised floral design with a pattern of blue and and grey flowers on a blue background

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braid
Textile

braid

c. 1850

Woven braid with repeat central diamond design and striped borders in pink wool on a tan background.

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