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Bond in the sum of £240
26 June 1651
1 Sir John Middelton of Scooles 2 William Middelton of Stockeld For payment of £69 12s. to Joseph Watkinson of Ilkley
Denomination: denarius
Date(s): 193
Issuer/creator: Didius Julianus (193)
Place: Rome
Material: silver
kerchief
18th century
A head kerchief embroidered along each of its four edges with a narrow border pattern of alternating trees and triple buds. This is a feature which can be seen on other extant examples of eighteenth ...
Indes [pattern book]
Chanay & Pupat (1926)
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Hardback with mottled blue and yellow covers and white spine. Contains fabric samples with woven floral patterning in one or two colours including jacquard weaving.
Draperie Première Saison 1959 Envoi F
Société des Nouveautés Textiles
1959
Softback with blue covers. Black text on cover. Sample book for the fashion industry of menswear fabric, issued 18th April 1959. Contains woven fabric samples with polychrome patterning. Most sampl...
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted stylised floral design with a pattern of pink flowers (roses) on a yellow, orange and green checkerboard background
![model of border [canvaswork sample]](https://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/31860/1.hashomepageThumbnailVersion/669829_001.JPG)
model of border [canvaswork sample]
Pesel, Louisa F (1947)
1934-1938
Counted woolwork sample worked as a model of a border for long stall cushions in Winchester Cathedral. One of four border samples tied together and labelled. The work is in yellow, blue, brown, whit...
girl's hat
early 20th Century
An ornate embroidered female child's hat in black silk edged with white couching and satin stitch in a floral and fauna symmetrical design including a central butterfly (longevity) and other insects w...
kain batik
late 20th Century
A batik kain (hip wrapper for women) in cream, with floral and natural motifs including butterflies and plants in green, blue, red and yellow. This is labelled as a cap, but this is thought to mean '...