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Label features a green background with an illustration of a large letter “M.”

Label features an illustration of a large lion. Text reads, “Filature Raw Silk. Spring."

A colorful textile bale label featuring three figures on a beach beside a palm tree looking up at a rainbow.

Label features a decorative soldier on horseback with a raised sword. Text reads, “ Superior Quality Cotton Goods. Challenge. Made in England.”

A red, blue, and gold textile bale label featuring an image of Ariadne leaning on a leopard. It was Ariadne who gave Theseus a ball of thread (or yarn) to help him find his way in the Labyrinth while battling the Minotaur.

A textile bale label featuring an elaborate image of a knight in armor on a white horse with a castle in the distance.

A yellow, green, and red label with an image of a leopard in a tree escaping a forest fire. Includes text in Hausa (Nigeria) and Arabic. From Nigeria.

A textile bale label with a red and gold border. Orange background with a black and white plaid flat cap (scally cap). Possibly from the British Isles.

Unique and ornate textile label with an elaborate border in gold, white, and teal. Center features a detailed Victorian coastal scene.

A shop display card for “Patent Silk Finish’d Velveteen. The Popular Shade of Black for Ladies Costumes.” Gold, red, black, and white with a geometric border and a star in the center surrounded by a gold “U” shape.