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David Sowden and Sons (1856-1856)
mid 19th-mid 20th Century
48 identical unbound double page images showing spare parts and the mechanism of a setting-up motion for Sowden looms. Pages 13 and 14 from a catalogue.
mounted samples
Joah Lodge and sons
mid to late 19th century
13 boards with mounted samples of woven fabrics. All sample boards have 'Joah Lodge & Sons' in print along the bottom. The first 5 boards show samples that are darker in colour including black, purpl...
Makers of Looms, Dobbies and Jacquard Machines [catalogue]
David Sowden and Sons (1856-1856)
mid 19th-20th Century
Softback catalogue with brown covers and red spine. Black text on spine. Contains black and white illustrations of loom parts and looms with their associated product numbers. 12 pages bound into cat...
Makers of Looms, Dobbies and Jacquard Machines [catalogue]
David Sowden and Sons (1856-1856)
mid 19th-20th Century
Softback catalogue with buff coloured covers and red spine. Black text on spine. Contains black and white illustrations of loom parts and looms with their associated product numbers. 12 pages bound ...
Patrons de Façonnés
J. Leroudier & Fils; P.Chanay & Cie; Bompart
1913-1917
Hardback with black and grey mottled covers and green spine, with black text on cover and spine. Book no.14. Contains fabric samples including damask and gauze. Most samples have jacquard woven pat...
Toile Soie [pattern book]
1901-1902
Hardback with beige and black mottled covers and brown spine. Book no.14. Contains samples of woven fabric with woven, striped patterning. Most samples are patterned in white and 1-3 colours. Some...
Looms [order book]
1886-1888
Hardback with black covers and red leather spine. Gold text on spine. Book no.14 or 13 (number 3 seems to have been stamped on top of number 4). Contains printed forms for recording orders of loom ...
Katazomi illustrative process samples and raw materials
2017
11 square cotton samples in various stages of katazome (stencil) dyeing using brushes, including completed pieces, along with their wooden drying supports. Also included are samples of natural ingred...
batik sampler
late 20th Century
A batik tulis sampler showing 64 batik designs with their names. Some names are in Bahasa Sunda (BS, Sundanese), others in Bahasa Indonesia (BI) and one in Bahasa Jawa (BJ, Javanese). The receipt ca...
Old and Rare Scottish Tartans
Stewart, Donald William
1893
A hardback with black covers and gold text on cover and spine. 61 pages of text plus fabric samples of tartans and monochrome illustrations. Samples include (seen in media) Balmoral (#1), Stewart (#...
sampler
Hinchcliffe, Mary - Tivy Dale Church School, Cawthorne
1846
Sampler by Mary Hinchliffe, Tivy Dale School, the gift of the Lady Elizabeth Spencer Stanhope, December the 24th 1846. Design is possibly a representation of a country estate, featuring a scene of t...
sewing samples for examination
mid 20th Century
A group of 31 samples (all but one on grey card) and a handwritten note in red ink by the tutor. Samples display different sewing techniques, often on patterned mid-century type fabric, and a few hav...