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Total number of records: 1106

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Indexes586
Archives288
Books and printed items210
Coins9
Textiles9
Art items2
Objects1
People and organisations1

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Quaker Collection571
Brotherton Collection119
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman41
University Archive35
Leeds Russian Archive30
Letters Database30
English Literature29
Liddle Collection24
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society21
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History16

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culture11
classical antiquities7
decoration and ornament7
english language - dialects7
letters7
philosophy, ancient7
political science7
russians7
cabinetwork6
building5

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Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)21
Catholic Church16
Le Merre, P14
Gaius Cornelius Tacitus7
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus7
Lipsius, Justus (1547-1606)7
Lipsius, Justus, 1547-16067
Livy7
Pliny the Younger7
Publius Tacitus7

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 145-7

Issuer/creator: Marcus Aurelius (161-80)

Place: Rome

Material: silver


Archive File

General analyses carried out between 1883 and 1892, by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

c.1883-1892

Contains miscellaneous autograph manuscript notes of several scientific analyses of natural products dated in the text between 31 March 1883 and 30 August 1892. Two printed notes extracted from public...

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cushion cover
Textile

cushion cover

before 1947

This cushion cover has been constructed from strips of fabric. A border of geometric floral motifs runs along each edge. In the middle they are attached with crochet work to coloured silk ribbons st...

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Archive File

No. 5 labelled University of Leeds 1969 onwards

1959-1997

Photograph album contains photographs of Honorary degree days, swan-upping and a Civic Banquet in Johannesburg, 1959 Various press-cuttings regarding the University, swan-upping, Duchess of Kent’s ...

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Textile

Homo [pattern book]

1903-1904

Hardback with mottled green and black covers and white spine, with pencil inscription on cover. Contains fabric samples with varied polychrome patterns. Mostly woven patterns, some with embroidery o...

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Draperie Deuxième Saison 1956 Envoi E
Textile

Draperie Deuxième Saison 1956 Envoi E

Société des Nouveautés Textiles

1956

Softback with blue covers. Black text on cover. Sample book for the fashion industry of menswear fabric. Contains woven fabric samples of varying weights with polychrome patterning. Most samples ha...

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Design
Textile

Design

Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)

1950-2008

Painted floral design with a pattern of orange flowers on a blue background

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braid
Textile

braid

c. 1800

Woven braid with raised velvet organic 'rococo' leaf design in red, yellow, green on white, with yellow borders. There is a flaw in the weave across the full length.

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headband
Textile

headband

early 20th Century

A curved headband of black silk with a red lining. made in two pieces joined at the centre with a blue central edge. The design is made up of chain and stem stitch embroidery in white, reds and green...

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macrame tali
Textile

macrame tali

late 20th Century

A macrame tali (skirt) with pink and purple fringing. It is designed to be worn along with several others to create a full skirt. It is made of plant fibre, probably hemp, though possibly pineapple or...

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