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Cotons Été 1959 Envoi E
Courtaulds Ltd.; Société des Nouveautés Textiles
1959
Softback with orange covers. Black text on cover. Contains woven garment fabric samples. Patterning in 1-9 colours includes stripes (some with geometric or floral dobbies), lozenges, chevrons, dots...
sampler
Thompson, Grace - Blue Coat School, Birmingham
mid 19th-19th Century
Embroidered cross stitched sampler by Grace Thompson, Blue Coat School, Birmingham. The sampler is worked in three sections featuring alphabets, numerals, corner motifs and inscription, enclosed in...
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Sundour Velours [exhibit card]
University of Leeds (1904-)
1933
Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying eleven annotated samples of dyed velour. From top left: Samples 1-9 are of cotton weft pile in different stages of prepara...
Cotons Été 1953 Envoi B
Société des Nouveautés Textiles
1953
Softback with red covers. Black text on cover. Contains garment fabric samples including openwork, pekin and voile. Woven patterning in 1-9 colours includes trailing stems, flower heads, floral spr...
skirt
Wood-Robinson, Valerie
1960-1965
Seen here with the tunic (ITC 2014.18.1), a wrap round skirt with a yellow corn motif in the 'Dutch wax' style. This outfit was made by the donor from fabric bought in the mid1960s in Ibadan, Wester...
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...
Coleman Collection related archives
late 20th Century
A collection of labels, notes, cards and packaging relating to items from the Coleman Collection of Indonesian textiles. These were originally stored with the textiles. Items relate to ITC 2022.19, ...
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 (#...
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...