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Textile

Cotons Riches Été 1956 Envoi 2

Société des Nouveautés Textiles

1956

Softback with buff coloured covers. Black text on cover. Contains garment fabric samples including jacquard weaving, toile and ottoman. Woven patterning in 1-5 colours includes floral sprigs and sp...

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Cotons Riches Été 1956 Envoi 2

Société des Nouveautés Textiles

1956

Softback with buff coloured covers. Black text on cover. Contains garment fabric samples including jacquard weaving, satin and matelasse. Woven patterning in 1-6 colours includes floral sprays, tra...

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Cotons Riches Été 1956 Envoi 5

Société des Nouveautés Textiles

1956

Softback with buff coloured covers. Black text on cover. Contains garment fabric samples. Woven patterning in 1-5 colours includes floral sprigs, ornamental flowers, foliage, stripes (some with geo...

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Cotons Riches Été 1956 Envoi 6

Société des Nouveautés Textiles

1956

Softback with buff coloured covers. Black text on cover. Contains garment fabric samples including leno, satin, openwork, toile and possibly ottoman. Woven patterning in 1-5 colours includes stripe...

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Cotons Riches Été 1956 Envoi 7

Société des Nouveautés Textiles

1956

Softback with buff coloured covers. Black text on cover. Contains garment fabric samples including ottoman. Woven patterning in 1-6 colours includes plaid, stripes, checks, dots, chevrons, geometri...

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sleeve band
Textile

sleeve band

19th century

The patterning of this piece is composed of a pair of butterflies with plum flowers, orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums. The latter four flowers mentioned are collectively known as "the four gentleme...

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wall hanging
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wall hanging

late 19th century

The pattern is a version of a traditional Chinese painting depicting three magpies on the branches of a plum tree. It homophonically symbolises the traditional auspicious theme of "xi shang mei sao",...

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panel of Shu brocade
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panel of Shu brocade

early 20th century

This piece of Shu brocade has polychrome patterning. Eight different colours have been used to form the warps and wefts, producing a colourful checked pattern. The two structures of satin and twill ...

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stencil
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stencil

early 19th-mid 20th Century

This katagami stencil, used in resist dyeing of fabric, probably represents one colour of a multicoloured design. It depicts some of the Japanese Myriad Treasures including shipp? (gems which represe...

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upper panel of bed curtain
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upper panel of bed curtain

19th century

This curtain panel shows a complete picture painted in a similar manner to traditional Chinese scroll painting, using Chinese watercolours and ink on a white silk satin base. The picture is composed ...

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stencil
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stencil

early 19th-mid 20th Century

This katagami stencil, used in resist dyeing, depicts some of the Japanese Myriad Treasures including the key to the divine treasure house (kagi), the hat of invisibility from evil (kakuregasa), the m...

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saput or kampuh
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saput or kampuh

c. 1973

A woven Balinese saput or kampuh (outer hip cloth for men). Made with gold metallic thread over black and white, creating the impression of a rich gold background with a raised pattern in white. The ...

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