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United Kingdom25
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Amanatun Utara2
Greece2
Kolbano2
Naxos2
Toianas2

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Pesel, Louisa F23
Duxbury, Mabel1
Hinchcliffe, Mary - Tivy Dale Church School, Cawthorne1

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From 180014
From 190025

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Up to 18991
Up to 199933
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sampler
Textile

sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1932

Sample of an embroidered border pattern in a design named by Pesel as 'Little Crosses'. Numbered card label attached referencing date of February 1932..

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sampler
Textile

sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1870-1947

Embroidery sample. The ground fabric is cut and sewn into a shape suggesting that it is a model for a bag or pochette. Little embroidery has been carried out. Sewn guidelines are present and work on...

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Textile

belt

late 20th Century

A woven golden yellow cotton belt with knotted fringing and machine overlocked edges. Half the piece has little pattern, while the other half has a multi-coloured all over geometric design of stripes...

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mau ana
Textile

mau ana

c. 2008

A cotton mau ana (woven shawl; literal: 'little blanket'). It is predominantly red, with multicoloured stripes and supplementary weft geometric patterning including diamond, hook and cross motifs. It ...

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canvaswork sample
Textile

canvaswork sample

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1931-1934

Couted woolwork sample worked as a model for textile piece(s) in Winchester Cathedral, possibly stall cushions. The work is in two shades of blue and 'straw' colour wool on hessian, depicting a centr...

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mau ana
Textile

mau ana

c. 2005

A cotton, warp ikat mau ana (scarf/shoulder cloth, literally 'little blanket') collected from a junior school in South Central Timor.

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mau ana
Textile

mau ana

c. 2008

A warp ikat 'mau ana' (literally, little blanket). It is pink and black with a multicoloured warp selvage, finished with blue and orange stitches, and fringing. It has a diamond and tumpal designs, wh...

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batik shoulder cloth
Textile

mau ana

late 20th Century

A shoulder cloth or 'mau ana' (literal: 'little blanket'). The colours are yellow-orange and light purple. It is in a damask style with large stylised flowers, weftl stripes and zigzags. There is a th...

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mau ana
Textile

mau ana

late 20th Century

A Mau ana (literal: 'little blanket') in black and orange. The supplementary warp shows the reverse colour on the back, with a diamond pattern on both sides. There are two purple, green and pink strip...

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warp ikat shoulder cloth
Textile

mau ana

late 20th Century

A brown and black warp ikat shoulder cloth or 'mau ana' (literal: 'little blanket') from Nusa Tenggara Timur. There are complex patterns in the central panel flanked by multi-coloured stripes and frin...

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handbag sampler
Textile

handbag sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1882-1947

Sampler showing the design for a square handbag worked in cross stitch with a geometric pattern.

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cushion sampler
Textile

cushion sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1882-1947

Cushion corner sampler with a geometric design. Worked in cross stitch with running stitch guidelines to continue the design.

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