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furniture hanging
early 20th century
This hanging is assembled from two panels of monochrome black velvet. Each is decorated with the picture of a landscape. In the picture on the left side there are three figures. One stands under a ...
pattern book 992
19th-mid 20th Century
Hardback with mottled blue covers and white spine. Contains samples of brocades in two or three colours mostly patterned with floral and plant motifs and classical and Egyptian themes. Pattern numbe...
fan case
19th Century
This fan case is in white and brown silk satin, embroidered with a magpie and plum blossom pattern. Magpies forecast good news and plum blossom symbolise the coming of spring, whilst a magpie bird on ...
decorative elephant panel
late 20th Century
A heavy padded decorative panel or wall hanging heavily embellished with metalic thread, metal sequins, pearl like beads and stones (possibly quartz). The image is a traditionally dressed female with...
whitework shawl border embroidery
19th-early 20th Century
Kashmir shawl border pattern sample with whitework type embroidered decoration on a cream ground depicting foliar sprays in cream with pulled work bordered in light brown. There is a narrow running ...
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Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted stylised organic design with a pattern of blue flowers and pink leaves on a black background
Draperie Deuxieme Saison 1954 Envoi B
Société des Nouveautés Textiles
1954-1955
Softback with dark blue covers. Black text on cover. Contains fabric samples. Woven patterning in 1-5 colours includes stripes, flecked patterning, checks, plaid, herringbone and dots. A few sampl...
![Vegetable Fibres: Cotton [exhibit card]](https://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/29829/1.hashomepageThumbnailVersion/666348_001.JPG)
Vegetable Fibres: Cotton [exhibit card]
University of Leeds (1904-)
early 20th-mid 20th Century
Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 9 annotated photomicrographs of lengths and cross sections of cotton fibres. The top two rows stained with Herzberg's solu...
![Animal Hairs X800 [exhibit card]](https://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/29833/1.hashomepageThumbnailVersion/666352_001.JPG)
Animal Hairs X800 [exhibit card]
University of Leeds (1904-)
early 20th-mid 20th Century
Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 9 annotated photomicrographs of lengths and cross sections of silk fibres. Top row: cultivated silk: i. raw fibres, ii. ...
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted stylised floral design with a pattern of red, orange, yellow and blue flowers on a red background
sampler
mid 18th-18th Century
Cross stitch sampler, embroidered with polychrome silks, featuring central motif of a castle with a female figure depicted inside, with a bird perched on the central turret. Detached motifs include fl...