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Textiles

Cream poplin woven with floral pattern in silver thread against a background of a trailing self-pattern of shamrock, rose and thistle. This was apparently exhibited at the 1852 Cork Exposition

This collection comprises carpets (mainly Irish-made), tapestries, curtains, embroideries, sampler quilts, fabric fragments and lengths, equipment, pattern designs, and sample books relating to mainly Irish textile production.

The Irish silk and poplin industries of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries are represented as well as Irish sprigging or whitework, and Mountmellick embroidery.


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