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fabric for official robe
late 19th-early 20th century
This item is a panel of silk satin with a cream ground and polychrome weft patterning. Spiralling dragons with flaming pearls in the centre form two circular motifs. There are small sprays of flower...
matting sample
early 20th Century
Sample of matting, possibly made in Dundee. Paper label attached. Woven tartan design in yellow, blue, red and white.
Art Nouveau textile fragment
mid 19th-early 20th Century
A printed velvet with an a large floral design in cream, green and pink.
Wedding shawl or bagh phulkari
before 1947
An embroidered wedding shawl or 'bagh' (garden) phulkari (flowering work). Wedding shawls were made in the Punjab by the female members of the family, usually the grandmother, and started soon after ...
Armures [pattern book]
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Hardback with black covers and orange-brown spine, with black text on cover and spine. Contains woven fabric samples with loom configuration diagrams for each sample. Samples are unpatterned or have...
Dhakatopi (man’s hat)
late 20th Century
A soft folded Dhakatopi (man’s hat) woven in a green, red, orange and black geometric design on white and constructed in two pieces(crown and side) with a hand and machine stitched white cotton lini...
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted geometric design with a pattern of yellow, green and red triangles, rectangles and squares
Draperies Été 1951 pour Échantillonnage Été 1952 A
Société des Nouveautés Textiles
1951-1952
Softback with grey covers. Black text on cover. Contains fabric samples with geometric woven patterning in 2-4 colours including plaid, stripes, herringbone, dots, wavy lines and checks. Some sampl...
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted geometric design with a pattern of blue and red circles in a diagonal stripes layout on a blue background