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woven blanket
before 1975
Woven textile in black, indigo and white stripes. It is believed to be one of the pieces brought back to the University of Leeds from South America by Professor Aldred Barker in the 1920s.
blanket
before 1975
Hand woven striped textile predominantly in red, with black borders and white patterning, with tassels. It is believed to be one of the pieces brought back to the University of Leeds from South Ameri...
antimacassar
1920-1939
An antimacassar with cream-coloured, crocheted edging produced by the donor's mother, who bought the linen from Hitchen's (a store in Briggate, Leeds) in the early 1920s as aeroplane linen remnants. ...
ration book case sampler
Pesel, Louisa F (1947)
1917-1947
Partly-worked model for an embroidered ration book cover. The double border of small squares and alternating stripes is shown and a central square geometric design. The label states that this is fro...
sampler
Pesel, Louisa F (1947)
1917-1947
Partly-worked model for an embroidered ration book cover or slippers. Worked in cross stitch with a border of triangles and a geometric central panel design of overlapping double squares. The design...
blanket
early 20th Century
A hand woven textile in green and red broad stripes, with small geometric patterns in black, white, yellow and pink on the red sections. The motifs in the stripes are similar to those found in Peruvi...
ration book case samplers
Pesel, Louisa F (1947)
before 1947
Three partly-worked embroidered designs on canvas with similar geometric border designs of diagonal squares worked in cross stitch in either wool or cotton threads. Card label attached 'Model for rati...
poncho or mantle
19th-mid 20th Century
A hand woven poncho or mantle in black with plain and geometric-patterned stripes in red, yellow and white. Patterning includes zig zags, crosses and birds. A early 20th century museum label calls t...
blanket
before 1975
Hand woven textile of maroon with broad red stripes, with white and green zig zag patterns. It is edged with a wide blue cotton border with machine embroidered patterns of flowers and two words, 'Ana...
model for ration book cover
Pesel, Louisa F (1947)
1917-1947
Partly-worked embroidery model for a ration book cover. Worked in cross stitch. Showing the border design and a central pattern adapted from a Danish border design.
rug
1900-1933
Hand woven rug in two pieces sewn together, with machine embroidered border. The design is of stripes of green, orange and red on a red background. Broader stripes have geometric or zig zag pattern ...
Egypt Coptic Notes [correspondence and lecture notes]
Pesel, Louisa F (1947); Newberry, Professor Percy E (1868-1949); Welsh, S L
early 20th Century
An orange folder containing: publication Les Manufacturers D'Etoffe en Egypte au moyen age, 1904.; manuscript notes; order for Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) photographs; 3 photographs; letter to Pe...