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Wednesday 16, May 2012

Contents 1 University of Leeds Collections 2 Textile Museums & Archives in Yorkshire 3 Associated National and European Textile Museums 4 Projects and Collaborations 5 Commercial Partner Sites 6 Other Links 7 DVD Collection

University of Leeds Collections

• The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery
• Leeds University Library
• Special Collections (Leeds University Library) holds textiles publications and business records of local textiles manufacturers.
• Leeds University Digital Objects including early photographs from the Dept of Textile Industries.
• University Archive
• Yorkshire Fashion Archive, School of Design
• Museum of the History of Science, Technology & Medicine
  • Astbury at Leeds University
• Centre for Heritage Research

Also on campus:

• Marks and Spencer Company Archive

Textile Museums & Archives in Yorkshire

• The Quilt Museum (York)
• Lotherton Hall (Leeds)
• Armley Mills,Leeds Industrial Museum (Leeds)
• Bradford Industrial Museum
• Leeds Tapestry 2000
• Bankfield Museum (Halifax)
• Sunnybank Mills (Leeds) - Appt. only

Associated National and European Textile Museums

• The Warner Textile Archive (Braintree)
• The Harris Museum (Preston), also see The Textile Manufactures of India, an image database of sample books from 1866.
• Musée de L'Impression sur Etoffes / The Museum of Printed Textiles (Mulhouse, France)

For further textiles museums, databases and links please see The Textile Society weblinks.

Projects and Collaborations

• Precious Cargo: 'Yorkshire World Collections' 2012

Commercial Partner Sites

• School of Design
• The Textile Restoration Studio
• Fashion, Textile and Apparel Learning Centre
• Alex Le Bek Website Design

Other Links

• Dress and Textile Specialists Group
• The Textile Society
• Meg Andrews - Antique Costumes and Textiles Articles

• Intute - selected best web resources for education and research

DVD Collection

Now Available High Resolution Digitised Vintage Textiles on DVD more information...

In January 2008 ULITA launched a range of seven DVDs. Each DVD contains approximately 100 high resolution PC and MAC compatible images from the ULITA Collections in tiff format. These designs are sourced from nineteenth and early twentieth century collections of printed cottons, silks, embroideries and Jacquard- woven silks. The cost is £75 per set, plus £5 for postage and package. (higher p&p fees apply for outside the UK) . If you would like to purchase these DVDs please contact Jill Winder .Please include 'ULITA DVD COLLECTION' as the subject of your email, and include your postage address. Please note: at the present time ULITA can only accept cash or cheques.

Samples from the DVD Collection