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| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 1152 |
| International Textile Collection | 916 |
| Coin Collection | 471 |
| Medieval Manuscripts | 367 |
| English Literature | 282 |
| Liddle Collection | 147 |
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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930) | 136 |
| Pesel, Louisa F | 104 |
| Baron Brotherton | 85 |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton | 85 |
| Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton | 85 |
| Lord Brotherton | 85 |
| Sir Edward Allen Brotherton | 85 |
| Church of England | 68 |
| Catholic Church | 50 |
| Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) | 40 |
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Borders
Hobhouse, Penelope; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1989
Includes bibliographical references (page 108) and index.
border
late 19th-early 20th Century
A border taken from a jacquard woven paisley shawl, where the design has been embroidered over on the face side with decorative stitches, worked in coloured wool and silk threads. The embroidered desi...
embroidered border
late 19th-mid 20th Century
This narrow length of fabric has been embroidered with a geometric pattern. The label attached reads "2nd border worked also in Lady Egerton's embroidery school after or during Turco-Greco war.". Th...
Embroidered border
late 19th-mid 20th Century
This item is a narrow length of fabric embroidered with geometric patterns, probably originally intended to form some kind of border. An original hand written label accompanies the item, which may or...
border fragment
before 1947
This item was probably taken from the border of a garment, possibly a cape. The main fabric is a fine silk crepe woven with silk weft effects. Darned lace is attached along both long edges, and embr...
border fragment
This item is a border fragment with three hemmed sides. The embroidered pattern is composed of oblique detached leaves, worked alternately in red and blue threads, using cross stitch. The thick flos...
skirt border
before 1947
This item is a skirt border made from two widths of fabric and hemmed along on edge. The pattern consists of a row of alternating red and green hexagons. The patterning technique is cross stitch. N...
border fragment
before 1914
This item is a fragment from the border of a larger item, possibly a curtain. It is embroidered with individual floral sprays set side by side vertically, with smaller floral sprays filling the gaps....