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Indigo Prints [exhibit card]
Textile

Indigo Prints [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-)

early 20th-mid 20th Century

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 2 annotated samples of dyed textiles. Samples are attached to appertures . Samples show white sulphur resist and dark In...

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The Pesel Embroideries [exhibition catalogue]

1995

Catalogue to exhibition held about Louisa Pesel in Leeds University Gallery during 1995 Ars Textrina Conference.

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Correspondence and papers of Ralph Miliband

Miliband, Ralph; Liebman, Marcel

1940-2002

Ralph Miliband, the political scientist and socialist, was born in Belgium of Jewish parents on 7 January 1924. He and his father fled to London in 1940 as the German army was invading Belgium. Here h...

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The 1992 elections and US foreign policy

Seitz, Raymond; University of Leeds

[1993?]

Offprint from The University of Leeds review, 1993-94.

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Handwoven Cloths From Handspun Yarns Dyed with Natural Dyestuffs [exhibit card]
Textile

Handwoven Cloths From Handspun Yarns Dyed with Natural Dyestuffs [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); Home School of Crafts Saffron Walden

1931

A cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry referencing the Home School of Crafts in Saffron Walden. It displays 6 samples of hand-woven cloth using yarn dyed with natural dye...

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Class H Woollen and Worsted Fabrics 1904

University of Leeds (1904-)

1904

A hardback with black covers and spine. Red label and gold text on spine. Book 3. Contains woven fabric samples, dark blue or black, monochrome or with slight coloured patterning. Samples unnumber...

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Class C Woollen and Worsted Dress Fabrics, Autumn 1905

University of Leeds (1904-)

1905

A hardback with black covers and spine. Red label and gold text on spine. Book no.9. Contains samples of fabric mostly with polychrome woven patterning. Samples not numbered, non paginated.

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Class F Fancy Vestings

University of Leeds (1904-)

1905

A hardback with dark blue/grey covers, red labels and gold text on spine. Book no.7. Contains fabric samples with monochrome or polychrome woven patterning mostly in small geometric motifs or stripe...

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Class H Woollen and Worsted Fabrics (Linings), Autumn 1905

University of Leeds (1904-)

1905

A hardback with black covers and spine. Red labels and gold text on spine. Book no.6. Contains woven fabric samples with coloured striped, grid or check patterns on black or brown ground.

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Fancy Cottons Autumn 1906 Class G
Textile

Fancy Cottons Autumn 1906 Class G

University of Leeds (1904-)

1906

Hardback with black covers and spine. Red labels and gold text on spine. Book 4. Contains fabric samples. Mostly with white or cream ground and open weave. With coloured woven or embroidered patt...

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Class F Fancy Vestings, Autumn 1904

University of Leeds (1904-)

1904

A hardback with black covers and spine. Red label and gold text on spine. Book 6. Containing fabric samples, monochrome and polychrome with varied woven patterning. Several are deeply textured fab...

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Class C Woollen and Worsted Dress fabrics, Autumn 1905

University of Leeds (1904-)

1905

A hardback with black covers and spine, and red label and gold text on spine. Book no.8. Contains fabric samples most with polychrome woven patterning and a few also with embroidered decoration. No...

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