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curtain
late 19th century
This curtain is symmetrically assembled from two pieces of polychrome silk brocade with a red ground and weft patterns. The central motifs are two large dragons (in gold metallic wefts) flying over s...
sample of bybila lace
Pesel, Louisa F (1947)
1900-1947
A lace sample attached to card with label 'a scrap of modern "bybila" worked in Athens at the Royal Hellenic School, Lent by L.F.Pesel.'
repeat pattern printed textile
Lin, Dr Xun - University of Leeds, School of Design
before 1995
Length of black and white printed textile, featuring a regular repeat pattern with four-fold rotational symmetry.
Suite du 44 Patrons Façonnés
Chanay & Pupat (1926); Coignet - P.Coignet
1908-1917
Hardback with black and yellow mottled covers and green spine, with black text on cover and spine. Book no. 75. Contains fabric samples with large woven floral motifs or smaller more abstracted flow...
Viscose Rayons; Cuprammonium Rayons [exhibit card]
University of Leeds (1904-); Courtaulds Ltd.
1935
Cream coloured museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying annotated photomicrographs of lengths and cross sections of viscose rayons and cuprammonium rayons. In the top se...
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted stylised organic design with a pattern of yellow flowers (roses) and a blue, green and red lattice background
Cotons Été 1956 Envoi G
Société des Nouveautés Textiles
1956
Softback with red covers. Black text on cover. Contains garment fabric samples. Woven patterning in 1-7 colours includes stripes (some with geometric dobbies), checks, plaid, geometric neats, flora...
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Rectangular fragment of fine, light brown, plain woven fabric.
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted floral design with a pattern of pink, blue and orange flowers on a blue background
belt sampler
Pesel, Louisa F (1947)
1870-1947
Part-worked embroidery model for a belt showing the end of the belt and the running pattern. Based on a Moroccan design.