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panel of silk brocade
19th century
This is a piece of polychrome Yun brocade produced in Nanjing. It has a golden yellow satin ground with polychrome weft patterning of large cranes with peach or linzhi twigs held in their beaks. Aro...
Fancy Dobbie Matting [sample]
early 20th Century
Sample of matting, possibly made in Dundee. Paper label attached with crest. Woven geometric design with stripes and squares in red, green and cream.
thangka
mid 19th-early 20th Century
A painted thangka panel bordered in red/gold and yellow/gold silk brocade and inset into a brown and gold silk brocade hanging, with white cotton edging. The silk brocade designs include Buddhist sym...
Dupatta (shawl)
late 20th Century
A woven Dupatta (shawl) in orange, black, red and white stripes, with a white fringed edges.
Dispositions 13 [pattern book]
Chanay & Pupat (1926); Michal-Ladichère Frères
1899-1900
Hardback with mottled dark red covers and green spine. Book no.13. Contains handwritten ink inscriptions detailing fabric production/orders classified by pattern. Most pages include samples of the ...
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Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted design with a pink, blue and brown cartouche motif containing a trefoil, on a background of black and blue vertical stripes.
Draperies Hiver 1952 pour Échantillonnage Hiver 1953 B
Société des Nouveautés Textiles
1952-1953
Softback with dark blue covers. Black text on cover. Contains fabric samples with geometric woven patterning in 2-4 colours includes stripes, dots, checks, checkerboard, optical illusion designs, zi...
Adire sample
late 20th Century
This piece is part of an indigo resist printed cloth (Adire) with a repeat design and border. The cloth was originally woven with a striped design in a complex weave, and been reused. The block prin...
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted floral design with a pattern of pink, orange and red bunches of flowers on a blue background