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Union News, issue 234
Archive Item

Archive Item

Rough drawing (Scene 2/3/4 - happy) from "Through the Glass Ceiling"

c.1994

Grouped in "Through The Glass Ceiling; Misc Drawings" folder - made of paper punched animation sheet with sketch

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 164-82

Issuer/creator: Marcus Aurelius (161-80)

Place: Rome

Material: silver

divan or mirror cover
Textile

divan or mirror cover

before 1947

This item is embroidered along the four edges with a border pattern composed of repeating isolated floral sprays in alternating colour ways. A border line which is typically featured on mirror covers...

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Textile

Draperie Deuxième Saison 1958 Hiver Envoi D

Société des Nouveautés Textiles

1958

Softback with blue covers. Black text on cover. Sample book for the fashion industry of menswear fabric, issued 18th August 1958. Contains woven fabric samples of varying weights with polychrome pat...

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Design
Textile

Design

Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)

1950-2008

Painted stylised organic design with a pattern of purple flowers with a geometric element of red and green squares on a green background

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shawl fragment
Textile

shawl fragment

19th Century

Sample of fine woven cloth with embroidered stylised floral repeating design with a narrow border along one side. The ground is green with the embroidery worked in green, blue, purple and yellow, with...

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layered panel
Textile

layered panel

late 19th Century

This embroidered black silk panel is made of two partly overlapping tiered panels with broad black silk edges and a red brocade backing. It may have been the frontage or part of a garment or accessor...

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