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altar hanging
late 19th century
This hanging is assembled from two panels of purple patterned velvet. The upper panel is patterned with four characters: "pu jin tang zhi". These can be translated as "Installed by Pu jin monastery"...
collar
late 19th Century
This collar is made up of ten sections of black satin silk with metallic thread couching of bunches of grapes with leaves. There is a flat ornate metal fastening, and a blue damask reverse fabric.
matting sample
early 20th Century
Sample of matting, possibly made in Dundee. Woven tartan design in pink, blue, orange and yellow.
hip wrapper (lungyi)
late 20th Century
Possibly related to a lungyi, a heavy cotton hip wrapper woven in stripes of green and red with smaller blue and pink stripes. Repeated yellow star and line motifs are woven into the alternate stripe...
Crépe, Crépon façonnè, Croché [pattern book]
Chanay & Pupat (1926)
1913-1914
Hardback with black and yellow mottled covers and white spine. Contains woven fabric samples in 1-4 colours patterned with embroidered motifs including flowers, leaves. Some samples also have monoch...
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted floral design with a pattern of brown and pink flowers on a green background
Draperie Hiver 1953 pour Échantillonnage Hiver 1954 B
Société des Nouveautés Textiles
1953-1954
Softback with dark blue covers. Black text on cover. Contains fabric samples. Woven patterning in 2-5 colours includes stripes, herringbone, checks, plaid, squares and flecked patterning. A few sa...
Colour or Stitchery [photocopy]
Pesel, Louisa F (1947)
c. 1924
4 page photocopied article from pg 195-197, The Embroideress, 1924?
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted floral design with a pattern red flowers on a blue background