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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)14
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Roche, Regina Maria (1764?-1845)6
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shawl sample
Textile

shawl sample

19th Century

Sample of twill woven fabric with an all over floral border design woven in shaded of pink, red, blue, green, and lilac in a beige ground. The outlines of the flowers are embroidered in contrasting co...

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Archive Print Item

Jacques Monory: Velvet jungle/N.Y. : Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 15-1 t/m 27-2 1972

Monory, Jacques (1934-); Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum

[1972]

Cover title. Exhibition catalogue.

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Archive File

D Allan Crockatt’s Magistracy

1850-1980

Loose Letter from the Lord Chancellor’s office, House of Lords, to DAC, 11 May 1983. TS. Proof of Article from The Magistrate, n.d. entitled The Chairman and the New Magistrate by DAC. Attached is D...

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Textile

The Textile Institute, Lieut. Harry Dent Crompton Prize Fund Scheme, Design and Structure of Woven Fabrics, Reference Collection No.16

The Textile Institute

1934

String bound book with grey covers with black text on front cover. Containing samples of patterned clothing, furnishing, knitted and household fabrics. 13 pages.

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Archive Series

Observational Notebooks

May 1896 - Mar 1919

Collections of notes, drawings, diagrams, newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to scientific observations.

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Textile

Hiver 1955 Envoi 3

Société des Nouveautés Textiles

1955

Softback with buff coloured covers. Black text on cover. Contains fabric samples most of which are patterned with stripes or various plaid designs. Patterning in 1-6 colours. Some of the samples h...

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Design
Textile

Design

Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)

Before 1965

Painted stylised floral design with a pattern of pink, purple and blue flowers on a background of blue and green

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Textile

textile printing block

A long carved printing block for textile printing, with a design of foliage, coin purses and boxes, each with small landscapes depicted. Some dye residue still remains, and there are splits in the wo...

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ikat weave
Textile

ikat weave

late 20th Century

A black cotton weave with white ikat designs, striped warp edges, fringing and gold metallic thread.

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Archive Item

William Wycherley (1640-1716)

No date

[No date] TS (top copy, one version; carbon, another). 20 ff First version, paginated 12-21, contains notes on Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh and Farquhar second version, paginated 11-20, discusses the...

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Name: Emmott, John

Reference: Carlton Hill A1

Meeting: Knaresborough MM 1721-53

Place: Addingham

Pages: viii