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Some Aspects of Nineteenth-Century Yorkshire Life: A Re-Examination of George Walker, The Costume of Yorkshire, 1814

Langhorne, Richard

1971

M.A. thesis which takes the activities, tools and equipment illustrated in George Walker's 'The Costume of Yorkshire' as the introduction for a study of such objects as they are represented in the mus...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Seven early knitting needle supports from the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. The supports include a hawthorn twig with a boned orifice at the tip; a bundle of sticks, or bundley stic...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Ten knitting needle supports from the Bradford district (West Yorkshire), part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. They include metal supports, turned wood supports and a leather p...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Four wooden knitting needle supports from Ravenstonedale, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. They include a mahogany support, initialled S.B., with brass tacks and decorated ...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Late 19th-century wooden boot stick needle support from Teesdale, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1348. With typed note.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Five foot preoccupation sticks, wooden needle supports made from wooden clog soles, or carved into the shape of boots or shoes, from Teesdale (Durham), where they were widely dispersed. These needle s...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Four wooden needle supports from Wensleydale, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. The supports here include examples made of elm and beech wood. Mounted on Photo File card.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Seven wooden Dentdale recessed needle supports and bump needles, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Mounted on Photo File card. With typed note.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Seven carved wooden needle supports from villages in the Eden Vale (Cumbria), including Appleby, Warcop, Kirkby Stephen (engraved with initials B.C.), Crosby Garrett (engraved with initials I.J.D.), L...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Four brass needle supports from the northern Dales, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1355, LAVC/PHO/P1356 and LAVC/PHO/P1357.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Four brass needle supports from the northern Dales, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1354, LAVC/PHO/P1356 and LAVC/PHO/P1357.

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)
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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Four brass needle supports from the northern Dales, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1354, LAVC/PHO/P1355 and LAVC/PHO/P1357.

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