Texture Collection

Snail teeth

Microscope image of the Pasamonte eucrite
Microscopic image of the Pasamonte eucrite showing a basaltic texture. Field of view is 2.5mm across

Christams card
Christmas postcard made from cream card with a torn edge border, printed in black with a message from Dr and Mrs A. M. Watts of Broadstairs, dated 1943. Date: 1943

Spain, Madrid. Exhibition of men's clothing, held by the Society of Master Tailors (Sociedad de Maestros de Sastre) La Confianza. It took place at the end of November 1881

Textile fragments. Late Intermediate Horizon (1000-1450)
Textile fragments. There were different types of textiles qualities. During the Inca period, the finest was cumbi, made with vicuna. Central coast. Late Intermediate Horizon (1000-1450). Peru

Anatomical Figure
A drawing of a male, anatomical figure, pointing directly forwards, showing the texture and contours of human muscles. A drawing by a student of the National Gallery Schools, Melbourne

Tamina Gorge, Pfaffers, Switzerland
Vintage 19th century photograph: Tamina Gorge, Pfaffers, Switzerland

Street vegetable market, Algiers, Algeria
Vintage 19th century photograph: Algeria, c.1890 - street vegetable market, Algiers, Algeria, c.1890 s

Tourists at Torghatten, Nordland county, Norway
19th century vintage photograph: Torghatten is a granite mountain on the island of Torget in Bronnoy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is known for its characteristic hole. Group of tourists

Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi - baker baking bread
Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi - a baker at work baking bread. Vintage 19th century photograph

Display of wooden clogs shoes, studio scene of shop. Vintage 19th century photograph

Narrow street, washing hanging upper windows, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Narrow street in a town in Italy with washing hanging from upper storey windows

Digbeth Canal bridge
A man leans over the parapet of the iron canal bridge on the Digbeth Canal at Bordesley Junction, Birmingham Date: 1987

Moth egg
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a moth egg (x 90). The caterpillar emerges by chewing through the shell

Background effects, SMB wallpaper sample book
A selection of background effects, with code numbers, in an SMB wallpaper sample book. Date: 1934

Halite
Large cubes of halite (sodium chloride) which is a common resource of salt. This specimen is from Orenburg, Russia

Niccolite mineral with metallic lustre, comprises of nickel arsenide. It is also known as coppernickel and nickeline. This specimen is from the Natural History Museum, London

Alethopteris lonchitica, fossil seed fern
Shown here is a frond of the seed fern Alethopteris, specimen originating from Carboniferous rocks near Barnsley, England

Floral design in SMB wallpaper sample book
Floral design in an SMB wallpaper sample book. Date: 1934

Mottled design in SMB wallpaper sample book
Mottled design in an SMB wallpaper sample book. Date: 1934

Leaf design in SMB wallpaper sample book
Leaf design in an SMB wallpaper sample book. Date: 1934

Steppe / Horsfields Tortoise carapace from above (Agrionemys horsfieldii ). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. Testudo - April

Tokay GECKO - on wooden flooring (Gekko gekko ). Bali, Indonesia

Rusty screw

Surface of a rusty screw

Woodlouse antenna
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) image of woodlouse antenna

Oats
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of oats, artificially coloured by computer

Spinacia oleracea, spinach
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of spianch (Spinacia oleracea), artificially coloured by computer

Inscriptions. Easter Island
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Table salt
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of table salt, artificially coloured by computer

Table salt
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of table salt, artificially coloured by computer

Oats
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of oats, artificially coloured by computer

Anser anser, greylag goose
Feathers from the greylag goose (Anser anser)

Spessartine comprises of (manganese aluminum silicate) and is found in metamorphic environments

Velcro
A trademarked name for a fastening tape made up of a strip of nylon with a surface of minute hooks, that fasten to another strip with a surface of uncut pile. A SEM image

Manganite (manganese oxide hydroxide), characterized by short prismatic crystals. This specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London

Tail of a Glyptodon
The Glyptodon, a massive fully armoured mammal that lived during the Pleistocene period. Remains have been discovered in Argentina

Opal

Goethite comprises of hydrated iron oxide. Picture shows radiating bands within the disc-shaped crystals. This specimen is displayed at the Natural History Museum, London

Bornite
A specimen of the mineral Bornite. This specimen is from the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London

Caledonite comprises of (copper lead carbonate sulphate hydroxide) and is characterized by small, well-formed intricate crystals. This specimen is from the Natural History Museum, London

Jamesonite comprises of lead iron antimony sulphide, and is characterized by hair-like fibrous crystals. This specimen is from the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London

Calliphora vicina, blowfly or blue bottle
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a blowflys wing

Chlorite variant clinochlore
Books of clinochlore with hessonite garnet from Piedmont, Italy. Clinochlore (Magnesium Iron Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide) is a common member of the Chlorite group of minerals

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