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Bendel State1
Bendel State, Okene Colony1
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printed upholstery fabric
Textile

printed upholstery fabric

1950-1965

Duplex print furnishing crepe fabric in white, black, red, green, yellow and brown and mint green. Design is of large flowers and sedges against block colour background similar to a wall, with balcon...

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printed upholstery fabric
Textile

printed upholstery fabric

1950-1965

Duplex print furnishing crepe fabric in white, black, red, green, light blue and brown and beige. Design is of large flowers and sedges against block colour background similar to a wall, with balcony...

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M.76 [wall hanging]
Textile

M.76 [wall hanging]

Collingwood, Peter (1922-2008)

1953-1970

'Macrogauze' wall hanging woven on a loom which allows the warp threads to be arranged at different angles as the weaving progresses.

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M41 no.4 [wall hanging]
Textile

M41 no.4 [wall hanging]

Collingwood, Peter (1922-2008)

1953-1970

'Macrogauze' wall hanging woven on a loom which allows the warp threads to be arranged at different angles as the weaving progresses. One of Collingwood's innovations was weaving the weft at an angle...

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Bida cloth
Textile

Bida cloth

c.1978-1982

This is a light grey handwoven Bida cloth, woven by a Nupe woman on a vertical loom. (Bida is the capital of the Nupe kingdom in the Nigerian Middle Belt.) It is made up of two broad panels stitched t...

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Okene cloth
Textile

Okene cloth

c.1977-1979

This is a handwoven Okene cloth, woven by an Ebira woman on a vertical loom. (The home of the Ebira people is the town and environs of Okene in the Nigerian Middle Belt.) It consists of a single pane...

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