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Kora atlas (sash)
late 20th Century
A black and white silk warp ikat with large repeat organic patterns and a red lining. Kora or Qora means black, and Atlas is believed to be the material of a traditional design for making up into a ...
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted design with horizontal stripes, sylised flowers and a border of scrollwork and dots, in purple, pink, green, black and white.
sampler
Murrison, Jane T
1868
Embroidered sampler worked in cross stitch and square stitch by Jane T. Morrison, aged 12, 1868. The sampler is worked in horizontal bands, enclosed in a repeat geometric pattern border and features...
![Cheapest Cotton Lingerie [exhibit card]](https://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/29967/1.hashomepageThumbnailVersion/669773_001.JPG)
Cheapest Cotton Lingerie [exhibit card]
University of Leeds (1904-); T. Cross & Co. Bolton
1932
Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying six annotated samples of dyed cotton. The samples are annotated thus: (from top left) Grey; 2 Tw. Caustic Soda boil 8 hour...
![Coloured Stripe Shadow Stripe Poplin [exhibit card]](https://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/31858/1.hashomepageThumbnailVersion/669772_001.JPG)
Coloured Stripe Shadow Stripe Poplin [exhibit card]
University of Leeds (1904-); T. Cross & Co. Bolton
1932
Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying five annotated samples of coloured stripe and shadow stripe poplin in different stages of treatment. The samples are enti...
sampler
1875
Cross stitch sampler worked on perforated board with stitched prayer worked in red and green silk. The inscription is enclosed in a simple border design and features the date, 1875 at its base. T...
matting sample
early 20th Century
Sample of matting, possibly made in Dundee. Paper label attached. Woven geometric design with zig zag and striped in green yellow and brown.
![Java Cambrics (Cotton) [exhibit card]](https://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/29968/1.hashomepageThumbnailVersion/669774_001.JPG)
Java Cambrics (Cotton) [exhibit card]
University of Leeds (1904-); T. Cross & Co. Bolton
1932
Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying six annotated samples of dyed cambric cottons in different stages of preparation. The samples are annotated thus: (from to...
batik picture
c. 1990
A hand drawn batik of an agricultural village scene in black/indigo, orange and yellow with a black/indigo border. It depicts a wagon or bullock cart, a man driving oxen, and women carrying loads on t...
Stevengraph bookmark
Thomas Stevens (1854-1940)
c. 1870
A silk Stevengraph bookmark in a card folder. It has a gothic design in red, green and yellow with a central black and white picture of three choirboys at a lectern; the above text in blue and red rea...
![Cotton Lawn and Cotton for Rubber Proofing [exhibit card]](https://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/29969/1.hashomepageThumbnailVersion/669775_001.JPG)
Cotton Lawn and Cotton for Rubber Proofing [exhibit card]
University of Leeds (1904-); T. Cross & Co. Bolton
1932
Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying annotated samples of dyed cottons. The card is divided into two sections: 1. Cotton Lawn (6 samples) under a descrip...
![Jute Fabrics [exhibit card]](https://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/29813/1.hashomepageThumbnailVersion/666330_001.JPG)
Jute Fabrics [exhibit card]
University of Leeds (1904-); T. Boyle & Son, Leeds (1782-1940)
early 20th-mid 20th Century
Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying seven annotated samples of jute. Samples are glued to apertures. Samples 1 - 3: 40" Hessians 8 oz, 10 oz, 12 oz sample...