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wall hanging
early 19th century
The patterning is composed of eighteen playing children. They are practising martial arts and acrobatics. This patterning theme is derived from the traditional theme of "a hundred playing infants",...
'odd notes' embroidery photographs
Pesel, Louisa F (1947)
c.1940s
An orange portfolio containing approximately 55 black and white photographs, including 7 of Bayeaux Tapestry, 4 annotated on catalogue cards and a series of 6 of tapestries which are accompanied by a ...
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
Before 1965
Painted geometric design with a pattern of green and black diamonds on a blue background
spatula
early-mid 20th Century
A large wooden spatula with a stamp at the top of the spatula, a hole in the handle for hanging and a wooden cover on the blade.
ikat weave
late 20th Century
A cotton ikat weave. The central panel has repeat designs of diamonds, zig zags and stylised flowers in red and cream on an indigo background. There are striped warp edges in yellow-cream and red and ...
shawl
1870-1880
Large rectangular shawl, jacquard woven, in shades of red, green, orange, purple, pale and dark green, burgundy and cream woollen threads. The all over design is twill woven with two threads for every...
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Azoic Red Stripe Cotton Brocade for Africa [exhibit card]
University of Leeds (1904-); T. Cross & Co. Bolton
1932
Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, with 7 annotated samples showing the stages of preparation of striped cotton brocade. Samples are glued to apertures. 1. Grey; 2....
Cotons Été 1952 Envoi A Bis
Société des Nouveautés Textiles
1952
Softback with red covers. Black text on cover. Contains garment fabric samples. Woven patterning in 2-6 colours includes stripes, plaid, houndstooth, paisley designs, floral sprigs. Some samples h...
Aniocha cloth
1966-1967
An Aniocha cloth head tie, made in Ogwashi Uku in the Western Igbo area of Nigeria. The basic weave is in white with narrow red warp stripes. Red and black weft float motifs are in the form of weft st...
shawl pattern sample
Shawl border fragment or pattern sample with a twill tapestry woven design with embroidered detail.
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Rectangular fragment of fine, mid-dark brown, plain woven fabric with five blue, weft thread stripes at one end of 6, 3, 3, 3 and 10 threads.
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, ...