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Total number of records: 326

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives276
Books and printed items50

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture264
Brotherton Collection18
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection11
Leeds Russian Archive7
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2
Herbert Read Collection2
Cookery Collection1
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive1
Quaker Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
clothing and dress297
persons264
occupations186
culture138
textile industry135
manners and customs85
community life83
english language - dialects76
implements, utensils etc69
buildings67

Count of Place

PlaceCount
England5
London (England)5
France4
Great Britain2
Russia2
London1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)40
Walkley, F.40
Outhwaite, T. G.27
Upton, Clive S13
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)9
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)7
Harrop, Peter K6
Bryon, Fiona5
Malcolm, James Peller (1767-1815)5
Shaw, David H5

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From 16001
From 170012
From 180023
From 1900281
From 20005

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 16991
Up to 179912
Up to 189923
Up to 1999280
Up to latest6

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Knitwear label

c. 1950

Undated red and white cardboard label for Turbo Orlon knitwear, with a white string.

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French provincial costumes : paper dolls

Rogers, Dorothy; Laver, James (1899-1975); De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)

1944

"The illustrations [p.9-32] are from figures which were designed for an exhibition, "The spirit of France," circulated in Great Britain during 1943 and 1944 by the information service of the Fighting ...

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A well-dressed man

Ernest Baker (firm)

1896

[12] pp. at end: men's clothing sold by Ernest Baker at end.

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The deluge of time : an illustrated history of The Clothworkers' Company (v.1)

Wickham, D E; Worshipful Company of Clothworkers

2001

'Of this edition... one thousand copies were printed in 2001' - tp. verso. 2 volumes in slipcase.

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The deluge of time : an illustrated history of The Clothworkers' Company (v.2)

Wickham, D E; Worshipful Company of Clothworkers

2001

'Of this edition... one thousand copies were printed in 2001' - tp. verso. 2 volumes in slipcase.

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The thread is strong : the memoirs and reflections of Bernard Lyons

Lyons, Bernard (1913-)

1981

Limited edition of 300 copies.

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Smart clothes for maternity wear

Better Babies Bureau. Woman's Home Companion

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Costumes anciens et modernes = Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mundo (v.1)

Vecellio, Cesare (1530-1600); Firmin-Didot, Ambroise (1790-1876)

1860

Title, illustrations, and text within ornamental borders. The work consists of 513 full page woodcut illustrations accompanied by short descriptive text in Italian and French, on opposite versos and...

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