Linen Collection

1930S Playsuits
Striped playsuit with shorts with matching 3/4 length coat or a linen suit with trousers & jacket with large patch pockets. A wire-haired fox terrier sits nearby

Lady Laverys sitting room
A corner of a room belonging to Hazel, Lady Lavery, wife of the society portrait painter, Sir John Lavery. Hazel was strongly connected with Ireland

Dolls House of Petronella Dunois, c. 1676
Dolls House of Petronella Dunois (1650-1695), c. 1676. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Mother Shipton Soap
An advertisement for Mother Shipton Soap showing a Wise Woman sitting with her basket of sparkling white linen - almost as white as her pet cat!

Poster, French Line CGT, Plymouth to New York
Travel poster, French Line CGT, designed by Rodmell, Harry Hudson (1896?1984), Plymouth direct to New York, lithograph in colours backed onto linen. Printed by EDIA, Paris. 40ins. 25ins

Poster, New York World's Fair, The World of Tomorrow
Travel poster, designed by Joseph Binder, New York World?s Fair, The World of tomorrow, 1939, Grinnell Litho, New York, USA

Mens celluloid detachable collars. circa 1900

Irish Cottage Industries, Hand Embroidery on Linen in the Ards - another family group outside a thatched cottage, mother and daughter embroidering

Victor Stiebel / Day Dress
Design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for a pink linen and silk surah summer dress. Scooped-out bodice is filled with a lilac spotted scarf & large knot tied to the belt

Scotlands Industrial Souvenir
Hay and Robertson, Linen and Cotton Manufacturers, Dunfermline - Scotlands Industrial Souvenir 1905. Date: 1905

Adverts, five Scottish businesses
Adverts for R E Walker, Reid & Co Limited, Albany Works, Dunfermline, Inglis & Co, textile manufacturers, Dunfermline, Andrew Reid & Co, Pilmuir Works, Dunfermline, Hay and Robertson

Laundry at Shirley Schools, near Croydon, Surrey
Inmates ironing clothes and linen in the laundry at the Shirley Schools, near Croydon, Surrey, established in 1904 by the St Olave Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Laundry at National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Herts
Girls iron and fold clean washing in the laundry at the National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

EMBALMING
Egyptians embalming their dead with strips of fine linen smeared with gum. In the foreground there are three jars for the organs of the body

Striped Bathing Costume
Edwardian bathing beauty in a striped one-piece bathing costume & espadrilles with embroidered linen uppers & ribbon lacing

Advert for Hudsons Soap 1890
Advertisement for Hudsons Soap, showing a laundry woman holding her basket. Date: 1890

Old Bleach Linen Company Advert
An advertisement for The Old Bleach Linen Co. Ltd. and their new fadeless embroidered linen. Date: 1932

Client: Harper's Bazaar - Shoot at Cliveden
Client: Harper's Bazaar (May issue) - Shoot at Cliveden - Shoot date: March 12, 1943 (1/2) Date: 1943

Illustration of embroidered linen for a breakfast tray set Date: 1929

A tow breaker machine, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

A reeling machine, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Tow breaker machine Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Reeling machine Date: late 19th century

A hackling machine, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Striking up, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Hackling machine Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Striking up Date: late 19th century

A Plain Power Loom, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

A bleaching liquor cave, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Bleaching liquor cave Date: late 19th century

Bleaching yarn on grass, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Yarn bleaching on grass Date: late 19th century

A Spinning Frame, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Plain power loom Date: late 19th century

A Dobbie Loom, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Dobbie loom Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Spinning frame Date: late 19th century

A bale of flax, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Jacquard loom Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, bale of rough flax Date: late 19th century

Jacquard Looms, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Boom Yard Date: late 19th century

A boom yard, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Peaking, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

A Pirn Winding Machine, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Peaking Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Pirn winding machine Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Spreader machine Date: late 19th century

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