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wall hanging
early 19th century
The patterning of this kesi piece is the scene of the dragon boat regatta which takes place annually during each Chinese lunar year. This takes place in a stylised landscape with water and islands. T...
shawl
mid 19th Century
Long rectangular shawl jacquard woven in shades of red, green, lilac, pale blue, cream and burgundy. An all over design stylised floral design radiates toward a plain cream centre. Wool warp and cotto...
catalogue cards
Pesel, Louisa F (1947)
1900-1947
Approximately 165 large buff 'cataloguing cards' with black and white photographs of textiles attached, negative and reference details and style/provenance. Reference of pieces from museums and priva...
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
Before 1965
Painted geometric design with a pattern of black circles and diamonds on a blue and brown horizontal striped background
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Bradford Fabrics Bunting [exhibit card]
University of Leeds (1904-)
early 20th-mid 20th Century
Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying seven annotated samples of dyed worsted for bunting. Samples are glued to apertures, some attached with tape. Worsted w...
Brush
late 19th-mid 20th Century
A large wooden brush with bristles attached by stitch, and a hole in the handle for hanging.
silk ikat
late 20th Century
An ikat, mostly in green, with mixed colour warp and weft and a variation on a tumpal (triangle) design in purple, orange and red, with dark red edges and tassels. It is woven with gold metallic threa...
Cotons Été 1952 Envoi B
Société des Nouveautés Textiles
1952
Softback with red covers. Black text on cover. Contains garment fabric samples including toile and jacquard weaving. Woven patterning in 1-8 colours includes stripes (some with geometric neats), pl...
Aniocha cloth
1966-1967
An Aniocha cloth toga, part of an outfit with a matching wrapper (ITC 2014.107.2), made in Ogwashi Uku in the Western Igbo area of Nigeria. The basic weave is in white with narrow red warp stripes. Re...
shawl fragment
Shawl border fragment or pattern sample. Twill tapestry woven design with embroidered detail.
Aniocha cloth
1966-1967
An Aniocha cloth wrapper, part of an outfit with a matching toga (ITC 2014.107.1), made in Ogwashi Uku in the Western Igbo area of Nigeria. The basic weave is in white with narrow red warp stripes. Re...
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, mid-dark brown, plain woven fabric. There is an end fringe of 12 cm. long warp threads.