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31. Frame of Tusser printed silk cloth, native woven, 

 designed by W. Morris, Esq., M.A., printed by Mr. T. 

 Wardle. 



32. Frame of Tusser printed silk cloth, native woven, 

 designed by W. Morris, Esq., M.A., printed by Mr. T. 

 Wardle. 



33. Printed Tusser silk cloth. 



34. Printed Tusser silk cloth. 



35. Six prints on Tusser cloth, printed with Indian 

 colours and designs. 



36. Two pieces French woven Tusser silk with dyed 

 stripes of Italian silk. 



37. Piece of Tusser silk dyed black and printed in 

 gold. 



38. Piece of Tusser silk dyed red and printed in gold. 



39. Large Tusser silk cloth palampore, printed with 

 Indian colour and design. 



40. Large Tusser silk cloth palampore, native woven, 

 printed in Indian designs in centre, with lotus border. 



41. Shawl of Tusser silk and wool. 



42. Union Tusser silk scarfs, made of dyed and undyed 

 Tusser silk with a little admixture of mulberry silk. 



43. Black Tusser silk plush. The first utilisation of this 

 silk to a pile surface, made as an experiment in Germany 

 in 1879. 



44. Tusser silk plush, called "Seal Cloth," made of 

 Tusser spun silk. The new and important English manu- 

 facture of 1880. 



45. Fichu or shawl, made with Tusser spun yarn. 



46. Specimen of furniture silk, woven in design, undyed. 

 English. 



47. The new Tusser embroidery, "Tusser on Tusser/' 

 worked with Tusser silk floss on ground of Tusser silk 

 cloth ; Indian designs ; floss dyed with Indian dyestuffs ; 

 11 borders. Executed by the Leek Embroidery School. 

 Lent by Mrs. Wardle, Honorary Superintendent. 



48. Tusser cocoons, called also Tasar, Tusseh, Tussah, 

 and Tussore. 



49. Tusser floss silk for embroidery ; series of colours 

 dyed with Indian dyestuffs. 



50. Chair cover, No. 1, " Tusser on Tusser." Em- 

 broidered from Indian designs with Tusser floss on native 

 woven Tusser silk cloth. Floss dyed with Indian dyestuffs 

 by T. Wardle. Executed by the Leek School of Em- 

 broidery ; the colouring by Mrs. Wardle, Honorary Super- 

 intendent. 



