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Marchini, Guido2
Pesel, Louisa F2
Chanay & Pupat1
Coignet - P.Coignet1
Courtaulds Ltd.1
Lin, Dr Xun - University of Leeds, School of Design1
Societe Des Nouveautes Textiles1
University of Leeds1

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curtain
Textile

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...

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Textile

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.'

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repeat pattern printed textile
Textile

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.

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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...

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Viscose Rayons; Cuprammonium Rayons [exhibit card]
Textile

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...

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Design
Textile

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

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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...

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mummy cloth
Textile

mummy cloth

early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE

Rectangular fragment of fine, light brown, plain woven fabric.

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Design
Textile

Design

Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)

1950-2008

Painted floral design with a pattern of pink, blue and orange flowers on a blue background

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belt sampler
Textile

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.

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