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Textile: ITC 240 Contains digital media

kerchief

18th century

A head kerchief embroidered along each of its four edges with a narrow border pattern of alternating trees and triple buds. This is a feature which can be seen on other extant examples of eighteenth ...

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Textile: ITC 1999.240

Indes [pattern book]

Chanay & Pupat (1926)

late 19th-mid 20th Century

Hardback with mottled blue and yellow covers and white spine. Contains fabric samples with woven floral patterning in one or two colours including jacquard weaving.

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Textile: ITC 2000.240

Draperie Première Saison 1959 Envoi F

Société des Nouveautés Textiles

1959

Softback with blue covers. Black text on cover. Sample book for the fashion industry of menswear fabric, issued 18th April 1959. Contains woven fabric samples with polychrome patterning. Most sampl...

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Textile: ITC 2010.240 Contains digital media

Design

Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)

1950-2008

Painted stylised floral design with a pattern of pink flowers (roses) on a yellow, orange and green checkerboard background

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Textile: ITC 2011.240 Contains digital media

model of border [canvaswork sample]

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1934-1938

Counted woolwork sample worked as a model of a border for long stall cushions in Winchester Cathedral. One of four border samples tied together and labelled. The work is in yellow, blue, brown, whit...

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Textile: ITC 2015.240 Contains digital media

girl's hat

early 20th Century

An ornate embroidered female child's hat in black silk edged with white couching and satin stitch in a floral and fauna symmetrical design including a central butterfly (longevity) and other insects w...

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Textile: ITC 2022.240 Contains digital media

kain batik

late 20th Century

A batik kain (hip wrapper for women) in cream, with floral and natural motifs including butterflies and plants in green, blue, red and yellow. This is labelled as a cap, but this is thought to mean '...

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Textile: ITC 2022.141

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, ...

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Textile: ITC 2010.162 Contains digital media

Design

Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)

1950-2008

Painted stylised organic design with a pattern of pink flowers on a green and yellow background of diagonal stripes

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