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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
Piece of hemmed linen, embroidered in one corner on maroon red silk in very fine cross stitch with bird and tree motive by ANN in 1785. Size: Linen - 62.5 x 67.5 cm.... view details
Women's Purse
Square red felt purse with drawstring, embroidered with beads. view details
Sampler
Sampler in fine red cotton, on Tammy by Margaret Sibbald, Leith in November 1823. Borders and letters and verse. view details
Sampler
Worked in multi-coloured Berlin wools on canvas. Simple border letters - animals, pots and plants with a building of the 'Tenantly Column - Erected 1816'. Worked by... view details
Sampler
Simple sampler in multi-coloured Berlin wool on canvas. Border, letters, birds and trees. Worked by Sarah Elliott, aged 11. (No date). . view details
Sampler
Berlin wool on canvas by 'Annie Beadle Aged 12 years Forset School June 8 1877. Size: view details
Chair Back
Wool with silk highlights on canvas, tent and cross stitch. (11 + 22 stitches to the inch). Size: 62.5 x 57.5 cm view details
Women's Purse
Brown velvet purse with red lining. Elaborate raised pattern, formal leaves. In pinks, yellows, blues and green. Two flaps, fringe of glass beads with border of... view details
Sampler
Sampler worked in wool on linen, with a formal border of flowers and a picture of a house with animals on either side. Worked by J. Siddle, aged 11 1871. view details
Sampler
Long sampler on fine linen, showing two samples of design worked in silk and thirty six samples of draw-thread and white work in fine linen thread. Worked by Mary... view details