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Carter, Rhoda1
Ernest Turner1
Freemantle, W T1
Johnston, George P1
Stewart, Donald William1
William Hall & Co.1

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Textile

Souvenir, Coming of Age of Mr William Whitehead New Lane Mills, Laisterdyke

11-Sep-05

Souvenir publication with 38 plates, published to celebrate the coming of age of Mr William Whitehead of New Lane Mills, depicting black and white photographs of mill work, celebrations and dignitarie...

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Textile

Design for rugs

1925-1947

Envelope printed with "Design for rugs" and addressed to Louisa Pesel at Church Farm, from William Drago[?], containing 6 printed squared designs, printed by Kimble & Bradford, Lond

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Textile

Morris style design fragment

c. 1899

A small sample of printed cotton with a William Morris style design, described on a 20th century desplay label as a 'derivative Willam Morris Design'. The floral design is in browns.

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Sampler
Textile

sampler

Carter, Rhoda

1844

Polychrome embroidered sampler mounted on board, by Rhoda Carter, 1844. Dedicated to William Carter. Sampler is worked in 16 horizontal bands of cross stitch and star stitch and features, alphabet,...

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Textile

Selected stock range D of specially constructed upholstery and headlining cloths for the automobile industry [sample book]

Ernest Turner

early 20th Century

A red hardback flip type sample book with red hanging cord, compiled by Ernest Turner (sole agents for William Baines sons Ltd, Leeds) with 14 fabric samples of different weaves in fawns / browns inte...

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Textile

Mercerised Coloured Cotton Yarns [sample book]

William Hall & Co.

mid 20th Century

A card booklet labelled Book K, with six window mounted groups of shaded coloured samples of cotton thread with reference numbers.

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Old and Rare Scottish Tartans
Textile

Old and Rare Scottish Tartans

Stewart, Donald William

1893

A hardback with black covers and gold text on cover and spine. 61 pages of text plus fabric samples of tartans and monochrome illustrations. Samples include (seen in media) Balmoral (#1), Stewart (#...

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