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Total number of records: 498

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Archives462
Books and printed items35
Objects1

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture458
Brotherton Collection8
Cookery Collection8
Herbert Read Collection7
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive4
Leeds Russian Archive2
Art and Antique Market1
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
LGBTQ1

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handicraft492
occupations458
nature230
play205
implements, utensils etc200
material culture184
land use162
quarries and quarrying122
culture121
agriculture115

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Bath, United Kingdom1
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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)176
Outhwaite, T. G.50
Langhorne, Richard46
Mcnay, Ian37
Marrison, Herbert15
Barry, Michael V (1935-)14
Aston, Michael Geoffrey13
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)12
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Work : an illustrated magazine of practice and theory for all workmen, professional and amateur (14 Sep 1889)

Chilton-Young, Francis; Hasluck, Paul N (1854-1931); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

Edited by F. Chilton-Young, 1889-92; P.N. Hasluck, 1892-1909.

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Work : an illustrated magazine of practice and theory for all workmen, professional and amateur (12 Apr 1890)

Chilton-Young, Francis; Hasluck, Paul N (1854-1931); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

Edited by F. Chilton-Young, 1889-92; P.N. Hasluck, 1892-1909.

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Crafts for children

Tomlinson, Reginald Robert (1885-); The Studio

1935

"Special winter number of the Studio for 1935, edited by C. G. Holme."

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British fine crafts

Farleigh, John (1900-1965); Crafts Centre of Great Britain; Auckland City Art Gallery

1957

Catalogue of an exhibition prepared by the Crafts Centre of Great Britain and held at the Auckland City Art Gallery, 1957. Includes biographical details of the artists.

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Beispiel Japan : Bau und Gerät

Blaser, Werner (1924-); Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste; Kunstgewerbemuseum Zürich

[1965]

Exhibition catalogue.

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Beispiel Japan : Bau und Gerät: Sammlung Werner Blaser

Blaser, Werner (1924-); Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste; Kunstgewerbemuseum Zürich

1965

Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich, 2 April - 31 May; and at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Zürich, 11 September - 7 October, 1965.

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Victorian do-it-yourself : handicrafts and pastimes of the 1880s

Wiseman, E J; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1976]

Includes extracts from Amateur work, illustrated (1881-1891).

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The Rope Maker

Hanna, Sam (1903-1996)

[1960s]

Copy of Sam Hanna's film, 'The Rope Maker', filmed at the workshop of ropemaker Mr. T. G. Outhwaite, in Hawes ( Wensleydale). The film includes footage of rope being made according to traditional meth...

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