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hand towel
197th century
This item is embroidered at each end with a border pattern composed of stylised flowers, foliate and leaf motifs. Stitch techniques used include double darning, satin stitch, fishbone stitch and doub...
Deuxième Saison 1955 Envoi D
Société des Nouveautés Textiles
1955
Softback with dark blue covers. Black text on cover. Sample book for the fashion industry of menswear fabric, issued 27th October 1955. Contains woven fabric samples of varying weights with polychro...
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted design with brown, blue and orange horizontal stripes, with an organic trailing vine pattern in light green.
spectacles case
early 20th Century
This rounded oblong spectacles case has two decorated panels depicting different pastoral scenes. On one side two deer are lying down next to water; on the upper part is a tree with birds and insects ...
mat
c.2004
A woven fringed red and tan square mat with stripe designs of white, yellow, black, orange and green.
coir fibre sample
mid 20th Century
A sample of coir fibre. Coir is obtained from the husk of coconuts. This fibre sample is brown coir which is from mature coconuts two grades of fibre can be obtained from this. The coarser type is...
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted floral design with pink flowers on a blue background