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Total number of records: 160

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Textiles151
Books and printed items7
Archives2

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
United Kingdom56
France38
Paris24
Indonesia13
Lyon13
Leeds11
China9
Winchester4
Bradford3
Java, West3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Pesel, Louisa F36
Societe Des Nouveautes Textiles18
Blackburn, Tolson and Co.9
Commonwealth Institute (Great Britain)7
Bilbille & Co6
Hutchinson, Hollingworth & Co. Ltd.6
P.Chanay & Cie6
Chanay & Pupat5
Michal-Ladichere Freres5
Courtaulds Ltd.3

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17002
From 180025
From 1900129
From 20001

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 17991
Up to 189912
Up to 1999138
Up to latest7

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Designing Notes [lecture and manufacturer's notes]

Wm. Lupton & Co Ltd

1912-1952

Hardback with black covers and spine. Containing handwritten lecture notes and point paper patterns relating to woven fabric design. Includes some woven fabric samples including RAF uniform material...

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Egypt Coptic Notes [correspondence and lecture notes]

Pesel, Louisa F (1947); Newberry, Professor Percy E (1868-1949); Welsh, S L

early 20th Century

An orange folder containing: publication Les Manufacturers D'Etoffe en Egypte au moyen age, 1904.; manuscript notes; order for Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) photographs; 3 photographs; letter to Pe...

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notes & samples

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1900-1947

A portfolio of approximately 90 mss pages of notes and diagrams with some attached textile stitched samples, on graph, squared and blue paper in pencil, ink and watercolour; plus 8 loose textile stitc...

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Notes on lettering

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1900-1947

An untitled buff folder containing a tracing of gaelic imagery, 4 folded and one half manuscript on lettering, and 3 pieces of source material.

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Iris notes

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1900-1947

A blue binder containing mainly A5 notes and photographs/articles on Irises, including 'Closing out Price list Iris & Hemerocallis' from Freeport, Illinois.

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weaving notes

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

early 20th-mid 20th Century

19 A5 hole punched notes, plus one note on an envelope back (7 Oct 1933), and four folded tables of weave types by geography: North American, Africa, Indonesia, East Asia.

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Carpets [notes]

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

A buff portfolio with 11 plain paper of manuscript text, 9 graph and tracing graph paper designs, and 3 manuscript articles on 'Needlework Rugs' and 'Needlework Carpets'.

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Lecture Notes

Pesel, Louisa F (1947); Smith, Sir Cecil Harcourt (1859-1944)

1913-1929

Copies of Pesel's lecture notes (and publication details):

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notes and samples book

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

before 1920

A blue binder with cord ties, and addressed Oak House, Bradford, containing numbered pages of manuscript notes, black and white photographs and attached embroidery samples. In Ink, red pencil and silk...

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Furniture notes & photographs

Pesel, Louisa F (1947); Arthur H. Lee & Sons (1970)

early 20th Century

12 published cards series "The Period guide" by Birkenhead (Arthur Lee & Sons), 9 manuscript notes on dating furniture, and 9 pages from 'The Connoisseur' on furniture.

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notes and samples book

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

early 20th Century

A green binder with cord ties with assorted manuscript notes, designs on squared/graph paper and attached embroidery samples. In pencil, ink, watercolour and silks on linen. It includes a published ...

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A note on stitchery [photocopy]

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1921

5 page photocopied article from pg 37-40, The Studio Magazine 1921 special number: A book of Old Embroidery

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