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Pesel, Louisa F18
David Sowden and Sons4
Churchill, Sidney John Alexander2
Oates Bros (Halifax) Ltd2
Plows, Annie2
Societe Des Nouveautes Textiles2
Abc Company1
Boys-Smith, Mrs Charlotte C1
Bradford Chamber of Commerce1
Carey, Emma1

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letter
Textile

letter

Churchill, Sidney John Alexander (1862-1921)

28-Jul-00

Letter of two sheets from Sidney J A Churchill, British Consulate, Naples, describing a design for a silk prayer rug (ITC 2008.36.1) Also mentions ownership of a fragment of Persian carpet and the pos...

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Textile

Notes on lettering

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1900-1947

An untitled buff folder containing a tracing of gaelic imagery, 4 folded and one half manuscript on lettering, and 3 pieces of source material.

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letter case sampler
Textile

letter case sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1870-1947

Partly worked model for an embroidered letter or document case. Shaped as an elongated octagon. Geometric all-over pattern based on a Moroccan design. Worked in cross stitch. Woven ribbons attache...

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letter case sampler
Textile

letter case sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

late 19th-mid 20th Century

Canvas work sample with two sides turned under and secured with wool cross stitches. The part-worked geometric design is also worked in cross stitch. The original Pesel card label attached reads 'Mode...

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letter regarding Cretan embroideries

1908

First page of letter to 'madam' regarding Cretan embroideries and those collected by her father J B Sandwith.

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letter from Needlecraft Ltd

1946

Letter from editress of Needlecraft Ltd to Louisa Pesel regarding a book request.

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batik style fabric
Textile

batik fabric

late 20th century

A batik of repeated scissors in orange and black. There is lettering on the selvedge.

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Handicrafts that heal [manuscript]

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1938-1946

A typewritten draft manuscript entitled "Handicrafts that heal" with approximately 14 black and white photos, 21 ink illustrations and 2 letters (1946 letter on Windsor Castle headed paper from Mary H...

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sampler
Textile

sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1870-1947

Embroidered design possibly for a letter D, one including an outline and partly worked background. If the embroidery is a letter, it probably relates to the work Pesel carried out for Winchester Cath...

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box of Kirkstall abbey negatives

20th-mid 20th Century

A box entitled "Letters" containing 2 glass negative of Kirkstall Abbey.

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basketry photographs and correspondence

Pesel, Louisa F (1947); Wainwright, G A

c. 1927

Nine black and white photographs (mainly of early basketry), with two manuscript lists and a letter to Louisa Pesel, dated 18 July 1927, regarding objects associated with Tarkhan people (from the Punj...

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kain basurek
Textile

basurek batik

c. 2016

A batik tulis kain basurek: hand drawn with the distinctive ‘basurek’ (or ‘besurek’) motif characteristic of batik made in the Bengkulu area. In the Bengkulu language, basurek means ‘bearing...

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