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Collections > Textiles
A fascinating collection of period carpets, costume, embroidery, fabrics, fans, lace, quilts and bedcovers, one of the largest collections of tapestries in the country and toys including the world's first train set.
Sampler
An embroidered sampler by Mary Chilcot, 1817, worked in coloured silks in linen canvas. Size: 51.5 x 40 cm view details
Sampler
A random sampler of Berlin wool work patterns and stitches. A long narrow band of fine-gauge single linen canvas, worked in coloured wools, silks and beads in a... view details
Beaded Bag
Small black velvet bag, embroidered with fine glass beads, with a central bunch of flowers and a wreath of smaller flowers round it. The design is identical on both... view details
Sampler
Brightly coloured wool on canvas sampler with a variety of stitches. Size: 85 x 22.5 cm view details
Embroidered Picture: Couple in landscape with sea
Embroidered picture with white satin background. Silks and wools in a variety of stitches. The scene shows a young couple holding hands, the man is pointing to ships... view details
Sampler
Sampler mounted on yellow sillk, framed and glazed. Plain linen probably cut down, with alphabet. Damask darning if different patterns, and several bands of drawn... view details
Sampler
Framed and glazed sampler, all silk cross stitch on fine canvas, flower border, verse of hymn, picture of the Crystal Palace, and 'Jane Hindmire Gill, Aged 14, Taught... view details
Sampler
Natural fine linen embroidered in coloured silks in a variety of stitches, mainly a minute cross-stitch. Inscribed by 'M. Reed, aged 15 years 1793 Taught by E.... view details
Needlework Picture
Needlework picture of a man holding a staff and a woman, both in 17th century costume with a lion between them in a landscape of trees, a building, a butterfly and a... view details
Chair Back: Priestess at Tripod Altar
Wool with a little silk, cross stitch and petit point on canvas, the border has a black background to multi-coloured flower and leaf scrolls and is partly divided from... view details