Saltaire Collection

Items

• 2015.1: Dayton tea pot

  Teapot, taken to Dayton as a wedding gift for Percival and Eva (nee Hanson) Johnson. Percy was involved in the financial management of the Dayton Coal and Iron Company set up by the directors of Sir Titus Salt (Bart), Sons and Co Ltd. Eva was the youngest daughter of William Hanson, the head of the engineering department at Salts Mill. The Saltaire historians Dave Shaw and David King visitied Dayton to research its history and were given the teapot to to give to Eva's great-nephew Donald Hanson, who had been the chair of Illingworth, Morris the last owners of Salts Mill as a working textiles business. Donald donated the teapot to the collection, as he considered it 'a known 19th century artefact that binds the communities of Saltaire & Dayton'.
• 2016.1.1.2: Nomes et Adresses

  The front page and an inside page from the 'Familistere 'Book of Visitors'' showing the entry for 'Titus Salt 1880', that is for Titus Salt Junior. The copy is from a French Public Museum 'The Familistere at Guise': The Familistere was a nineteenth century self-contained housing complex that promoted social cooperation among its residents. It is now a museum.
• 2016.2: Textiles and linen originally belonging to Isabel Salt

  Items donated by Barnaby Wilmott and Rob Voakes from the late Rosemary Wilmott's personal items.Textiles and linen originally belonging to Isabel Salt.
• 2016.2.1: Two calling cards

  Two cream cards printed on one side and handwritten on the other. Name of Mrs. S Parrish of 80 Grange Avenue, Leeds, Liberal Women's Suffrage Union printed on one side. 4 Huckaback towels 1915 handwritten on one card. 5 Royal Towels (fringed) 6fringed towels embroidered in coloured (writing is illegible) May 192(?) Date is incomplete due to small holes in the card. Cards appear to be receipts for items loaned.
• 2016.2.10: Silk Material

  Black silk material with black binding to long edges.
• 2016.2.11: Lace head covering

  Lace head covering, black netting decorated with black spots with lace edging to 3 sides. Rectangular shaped with curved plain edge to nape of neck. Circular design lace to curved edge, double lace border on 3 edges.
• 2016.2.12: Piece of black lace

  Long piece of black lace which could be a collar or shawl. Piece of black lace decorated with fuschia flowers, buds and leaves. Bottom edge has a scalloped design.
• 2016.2.13: Black lace netting

  Piece of black netting decorated with fuschia flowers, buds and leaves.
• 2016.2.14: Piece of black lace netting

  Semi-circular piece of black lace netting. Both side edge hemmed. Tope edge raw/unfinished. Border to lower edge. Bottom edge border heavily decorated with large and small flowers and leaves. Appears to have been removed from an item of clothing.
• 2016.2.15: Black lace netting

  2 pieces of black lace netting decorated with spots. Both pieces are rectangular in shape, unfinished and decorated with large black spots. Each spot i 9mm in diameter.
• 2016.2.16: Cream lace collar

  Collar has a scalloped edge with a flower and leaf decorated border around spotted body and 3 black beads sewn onto 2 corners.
• 2016.2.17: Cream lace sash

  Flower border along both long edge and three lines of flowers decorating the centre.
• 2016.2.18: Two part collar

  (i) Main body is double layered silk with 3 hooks and eyes to short edges and a buttonhold halfway along. A single layer of silk to one end with one hook. (ii) 3.5cm lace border of daisies in a wavew deisgn and apples and butterflies.
• 2016.2.19: 2 pieces of silk lace

  Two pieces of dark cream silk lace held together with a steel pin.
• 2016.2.2: One embroidered damask towel

  An off-white damask towel embroidered at both short ends in red and white cross-stitch in a block design. 10cm fringe at both short ends.
• 2016.2.20: Four pieces of cream lace

  (i) Part of a collar with large daisy design. Neck band sewn onto bib which is cut in half. One hook sewn onto corner of neck band(ii) lace edging with daisy design
• 2016.2.21: Piece of cream silk lace edging

  Red/pink stitching (repair) 10cm from one edge.
• 2016.2.22: Small piece of cream lace

  Small piece of cream silk lace with flower and leaf design.
• 2016.2.23: Piece of cream cotton lace

  Piece of heavy cotton lace edging. Cream colour. Flower/diamond design. Piece has a scalloped edge at the bottom and straight edge to top. Hemmed on one side.
• 2016.2.24: Piece of gold satin material

  Piece is finished at bottom and top edges. Salvege edges to two sides.