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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Five carved and turned wooden knitting sheaths from the collection at the Bolling Hall Museum, Bradford (West Yorkshire). Unmounted.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Three leather belts with leather horse-hair stuffed needle support pads from Bradford (West Yorkshire) and Askrigg ( Wensleydale), in the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Display label...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Eight turned wooden industrial needle supports from towns in Airedale (West Yorkshire), including Leeds, Bradford, Shipley, Keighley, Bingley, Clayton and Wibsey. The supports form part of the Whitehe...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Ten knitting needle supports from the Bradford district (West Yorkshire), part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. They include metal supports, turned wood supports and a leather p...

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Knitting Sticks

[1969-1971]

This file contains typed and photocopied papers collected by Richard Langhorne for his M.A. thesis on aspects of 19th-century Yorkshire life. The papers relate to the hand-knitting industry, and refer...

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