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ikat
late 20th Century
A weft ikat kain in bright green with zigzags in pink, blue, orange, yellow and pale green and fringing at one side. It is probably intended to be worn as a sarung, but hasn't yet been sewn up.
sampler
1875
Cross stitch sampler worked on perforated board with stitched prayer worked in red and green silk. The inscription is enclosed in a simple border design and features the date, 1875 at its base. T...
Stevengraph bookmark
Thomas Stevens (1854-1940)
c. 1870
A silk Stevengraph bookmark in a card folder. It has a gothic design in red, green and yellow with a central black and white picture of three choirboys at a lectern; the above text in blue and red rea...
Kora atlas (sash)
late 20th Century
A black and white silk warp ikat with large repeat organic patterns and a red lining. Kora or Qora means black, and Atlas is believed to be the material of a traditional design for making up into a ...
![Cotton Sateen: Schreiner Botany Finish [exhibit card]](https://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/29997/1.hashomepageThumbnailVersion/669819_001.JPG)
Cotton Sateen: Schreiner Botany Finish [exhibit card]
University of Leeds (1904-); Naylor, Jennings & Co, Ltd, Yeadon
1934
Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying six annotated samples of cotton sateen: (from top left) grey, singed, mercerised, dyed with direct dyes, schreinered, fini...
counted thread work panel
early 20th Century
A small black and white panel of counted thread geometric embroidery on blue ground (possibly linen), with the edges hemmed. This rectangle piece is made of borders surrounding a central crossed geome...
batik blangkon
late 20th Century
A blangkon (or belangkon), a formal or ceremonial hat worn by men in Central and East Java, for events such as weddings and performances of wayang kulit (shadow puppet plays).
kain panjang
P.T.Tong Mas
late 20th Century
A kain panjang (literally long cloth); a piece of batik style printed cloth (not hand made batik) in gold, black, blue and maroon. The main design shows a striped fern pattern against pale stripes and...
ikat fragment
1630-1660
A chiné silk with a coarser linen weft thread in a satin weave, with a very narrow selvege. This piece is in yellow, white, red and green. It is believed that Ikat weaving didn’t begin in Europe u...
![Cheapest Cotton Lingerie [exhibit card]](https://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/29967/1.hashomepageThumbnailVersion/669773_001.JPG)
Cheapest Cotton Lingerie [exhibit card]
University of Leeds (1904-); T. Cross & Co. Bolton
1932
Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying six annotated samples of dyed cotton. The samples are annotated thus: (from top left) Grey; 2 Tw. Caustic Soda boil 8 hour...
![Cotton and Viscose Warp Satin [exhibit card]](https://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/29995/1.hashomepageThumbnailVersion/669817_001.JPG)
Cotton and Viscose Warp Satin [exhibit card]
University of Leeds (1904-); Naylor, Jennings & Co, Ltd, Yeadon
1934
Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying eight annotated samples of cotton and viscose warp satin in different stages of treatment and entitled accordingly: (from ...
sampler
Murrison, Jane T
1868
Embroidered sampler worked in cross stitch and square stitch by Jane T. Morrison, aged 12, 1868. The sampler is worked in horizontal bands, enclosed in a repeat geometric pattern border and features...