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Clips
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Metal clips possibly used to hold the fabric stretched on a frame in order to be dyed. Used in the University of Leeds.
mosaic picture
Crossley & son (1850-1869)
c. 1861
A framed panel of Crossley & son patent mosaic picture of Victorian children sitting outside looking at a rabbit in their lap. The background to the image is burgundy. The frame is ornate plaster ...
clamp resist textile
early 21st Century
A piece of Chinese resist dyed fabric, clamp dyed with dark indigo blue. The image dyed into the fabric is a symmetric semi-geometric landscape within a frame. The landscape frame is a floral design w...
Kalamkari
19th-early 21st Century
A panel of a hand painted fabric depicting cattle around a deity. Pichwai painting which would have hung as a back cloth in a temple. Framed with a silver metal surround and plastic glazing.
woven sample
1880-1914
Double weave textile sample with French rococo style design of roses bouquets framed with garlands and ribbon bows. Design is in white, yellow, greens and pinks.
wall hanging
late 19th century
This hanging takes the shape of a scroll with a carved wooden stick forming a frame on the top and bottom edges. The pattern is adapted from a traditional Chinese landscape painting, showing mountain...
roundel
4th-5th Century
Coptic fragment with a purple wool tapestry-woven roundel inserted into a plain woven background. The fragment is made of linen, and is probably a knee roundel cut from a linen tunic. There is delicat...
batik fabric
20th century
Length of batik fabric with a main pattern of trailing stems with small leaves and flowers. In amongst the stems are flying birds. The border has triangular and square patterning, and a framed oblon...
sash
before 1910
This item is embroidered at the narrow ends with a pattern consisting of two straight vertical stems with symmetrical flower motifs. A narrow pulled thread work border frames the pattern down the sid...
sampler
Horsfall, Hannah
19th Century
A faded symmetrical sampler in green, red (faded) and cream, with a central feature of a religious poem and the name Hannah Horsfall in a zigzag border. Other features include a central lion and unic...
How to weave on four way table looms
Dryad Handicrafts (1918-1972)
mid 20th Century
A booklet published by Dryad as introduction to using a four way table loom. The booklet discusses the use of the Wendy Table Loom, the Wendicote Table Loom W237, The Dryad Cottage Loom W41A, and The ...