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Total number of records: 237

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Textiles118
Archives60
Books and printed items32
Indexes12
Objects10
People and organisations5

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
International Textile Collection118
Brotherton Collection18
Liddle Collection16
Art and Antique Market14
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History14
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture13
Quaker Collection9
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection7
English Literature4
Leeds Russian Archive4

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
lace and lace making11
occupations11
textile industry11
home9
home economics9
implements, utensils etc6
photographs6
culture4
family4
photography4

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Greece29
United Kingdom20
Europe10
Italy9
Leeds5
Manchester5
Azores4
Portugal4
Great Britain3
India3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Slinn, Gillian A9
Pesel, Louisa F7
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)5
Marchini, Guido3
University of Leeds3
Wm. Briggs & Co. Ltd.3
Edinburgh Weavers2
Ricci, Elisa2
Sackville, Charles, Earl of Dorset2
The Conde Nast Publications Ltd.2

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 14001
From 160013
From 170020
From 180045
From 190089

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 14991
Up to 16997
Up to 179915
Up to 189940
Up to 1999133
Up to latest13
lace
Textile

lace

before 1947

Narrow border of ecru coloured lace composed of machine made diamond net with machine embroidered stylised floral edging. The length has been joined to form a circular flounce, possibly for a sleeve o...

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lace
Textile

lace

before 1947

Machine made 6 point net with applied spots and floral bobbin made motifs. A thick cordonnet outlines the motifs. A separate hand made bobbin edging is applied along the top edge as a trimming. One en...

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lace
Textile

lace

before 1947

Lace, drawn thread worked geometric design of different motifs worked within a square ground.

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lace
Textile

lace

before 1947

Two narrow bands of needle lace with matching repeating geometric designs.

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lace
Textile

lace

before 1947

Square of Naxos lace with a geometric design. Needle made lace square made in ecru colouredsilk thread. Three narrow strips of lace have been joined (slip stitched) together to form the square.

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lace
Textile

lace

before 1947

A needle lace square with a central star shaped design.

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lace
Textile

lace

before 1947

Needle lace square with a geometric wheel-like design. This piece is from the collection of Louisa Pesel.

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lace
Textile

lace

before 1947

Bobbin made lace disc, star shaped geometric design.

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lace
Textile

lace

before 1947

Small square of needle lace with a geometric design, inset into a plain woven fabric.

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lace
Textile

lace

before 1947

Small square of needle lace with a geometric design, inset into a plain woven fabric.

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lace
Textile

lace

before 1947

Bobbin made lace square with a geometric star / flower design.

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lace
Textile

lace

before 1947

Needle lace square with a geometric design. This piece is from the collection of Louisa Pesel.

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