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chang fu or Han woman's jacket
early 19th century
This jacket is of approximately waist or hip length. It would have been worn by a female. It has wide sleeves and the conventional cross over front opening with a side fastening secured by two fabri...
fragment
1890s
Complex weave with ground pattern of diagonal zig zag with organic design, possibly of seaweed created by change of weft colour.
Oates Bros. (Halifax) Ltd. Shades 1965-1968
Oates Bros (Halifax) Ltd
1964-1968
A ring binder with grey and black covers and black spine. Gold text on cover and white text on spine. Contains dyed yarns mounted on black card. With silver text on the cards.
block printed fabric
early 20th Century
A printed fabric of plain weave cotton with an aubergine background. The overall printed design is circular and include elephants, peacocks, men and women. There are further narrow circular border pat...
Matieres [pattern book]
P.Chanay & Cie
1936-1952
Hardback with grey-brown covers and spine. Book no.54 (changed from 52). Contains ink inscriptions possibly giving details of design, production and costs of named patterns. Includes samples of fab...
fan case
mid 19th-early 20th Century
This fan case is made up of overall yellow knotted embroidery with blue butterfly and peony designs. There is a flap over section and a modern sticker within giving details of the retailer, which is d...
shawl
mid 19th Century
Large rectangular jacquard loom woven shawl with an all over decorative design, woven in shades of beige, red, green, tan, blue and brown. The warp is silk and the weft is wool.The design is composed ...
Egypt Coptic Notes [correspondence and lecture notes]
Pesel, Louisa F (1947); Newberry, Professor Percy E (1868-1949); Welsh, S L
early 20th Century
An orange folder containing: publication Les Manufacturers D'Etoffe en Egypte au moyen age, 1904.; manuscript notes; order for Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) photographs; 3 photographs; letter to Pe...
Morrell stitch samples
Morrell, Professor Anne B
c. 2016
A set of 13 stitch samples made by Professor Anne Morrell to illustrate the method of creating stitch patterns for her publication 'Embroidered & Stitched Textiles Fragments from Kashmir' (2017). All ...
stencil
early 19th-mid 20th Century
This katagami stencil, used in resist dyeing of fabric, depicts turtles and boxes with lids attached with cords. It represents the story of Urashima Taro, a fisherman who released a turtle caught in ...
Ajrakh samples: stages of production
Khatr. Mohammadbhal Siddiquebhal
c 2000
Sixteen long samples depicting the stages in Ajrakh block printing, attached to paper descriptions, with two loose. All samples are in brown, indigo, black, red or cream, and show the same design of ...
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Facial makeup in Beijing Opera [head scarf]
Shanghai Edelweiss Silk Woolen Co., Ltd.
2000-2004
A square of silk in white with a black / yellow border of striped pyramids, with Chinese symbols in each corner, which translate as 'Chinese Peking Opera'. The central rectangular design is of two Ch...