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Cartoon, In trouble, WW1Cartoon, In trouble, showing a draper with a pile of cloth. He claims to be as patriotic as the next person, but is wondering whether he should dye his stock in grey-green (the German uniform colour)
Cartoon, Scene outside a cafe, WW1Cartoon, Scene outside a cafe. With new restrictions on the serving of alcohol, two soldiers are turned away, and a waiter challenges two little boys sitting at a table. Date: 1916
Cartoon, There will be a party, WW1Cartoon, There will be a party! A woman prepares for the Christmas festivities, with a picture of her absent soldier husband at the centre of the fireplace display. Date: 1915
Serving boy carries pile of folded napkins - Colmans StarchA serving boy carrying a teetering pile of folded napkins, held in place due to the effectiveness of Colmans Starch. Date: 19th century
Cartoon, Ordinance, WW1Cartoon, Ordinance. A soldier doing a stack of washing up says his wife is working in a munitions factory making shells. Their roles appear to have reversed! Date: 1915
Illustrations of a Sealyham terrier by Cecil AldinIllustrations of a Sealyham terrier called Bunch, by Cecil Aldin. Seen here on his hind legs near the dinner table hoping for titbits (above)
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Black Billy, in the Letter Book Series. Showing Black Billy feeling rather pleased that he is the only black puppy in a litter of four
Civilian Clothing utility label, WW2Civilian Clothing utility label inside a cotton garment. The labelling was introduced during the Second World War to help conserve resources
Women sitting at a table sewing arts and crafts. Date: circa 1920s
Women with display of homemade arts and craftsA group of women with a display of homemade arts and crafts. Date: circa 1920s
Woman with display of homemade arts and craftsA young woman with a display of homemade arts and crafts. Date: circa 1920s
Display of homemade arts and crafts. Date: circa 1920s
Rebuilt Cloth Hall, Ypres, BelgiumThe Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium, meticulously rebuilt after it was damaged during the First World War. Date: circa 1940s
WW1 - Air battle over the Ypres, Belgium, 1915WW1 - People look up towards the air battle over the Belgium city of Ypres. Within view is The Cloth Hall, which has been damaged and is in ruins caused by the destruction of war. Date: 1915
Dairywoman, Paris, early 19th century.. Handcolored copperplate engraving by Gatine after an illustration by Louis-Marie Lante from Tradeswomen of Paris, Paris, 1823
Clothmakers raising the nap on a large bolt of cloth with teasels.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes
Cloth Market - Goulston Street, Petticoat Lane, LondonCloth Market - Goulston Street, Petticoat Lane, Poplar, near Whitechapel, County of London, England. Locale made infamous by the Whitechapel (Jack the Ripper) Murders Date: 1900s
Embroidered Signatures Tabor HouseGuests at the Tabor House signed a table cloth which was then embroidered during winter evenings
Boys on a mattress, Balham, SW LondonFour boys lying on a mattress on top of a pile of rubbish in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Boys on a pile of rubbish, Balham, SW LondonBoys on a pile of rubbish in a Balham street, SW London. Perhaps it has been stacked up ready for bonfire night! Date: circa 1961
FRANCE. Semur-en-Auxois. Church of Notre-Dame. Detail of the Window of the Cloth Merchant. French school. 15th c. Drapers trade. Gothic art. Glass window
Virtues win to Vices. Prophet ZechariahCrucifixion and Virtues win the battle to Vices. ca. 1510. Cloth number 7 of the series known as Redemption of Man or Vices and Virtues. Detail of the prophet Zechariah. Manufacturing in Brussels
Virtues win to Vices. Prophet IsaiahCrucifixion and Virtues win the battle to Vices. ca. 1510. Cloth number 7 of the series known as Redemption of Man or Vices and Virtues
Pastrana Tapestries, 1471 c Taking of TangerThe Pastrana Tapestries: The taking og Tangier. ca. 1471 - 1475. Entry of the Portuguese army in the city, delivered by the lord of Asilah
Pastrana Tapestries, 1471 c Siege of AsilahThe Pastrana Tapestries: Siege of Asilah. ca. 1471 - 1475. Portuguese camp during the siege. Cloth number 2 of the series on the Conquest of Asilah and Tangier in 1471 by Alfonso V of Portugal
Afonso V of Portugal. Siege of Asilah, 1471Alfonso V of Portugal, the African (1425-1481). King of Portugal (1438-1481). Detail of the King. Cloth number 2 of the series on the Conquest of Asilah and Tangier in 1471 by Alfonso V of Portugal
E8Siege of AsilahThe Pastrana Tapestries: Siege of Asilah. ca. 1471 - 1475. Detail of a Portuguese soldier during the siege. Cloth number 2 of the series on the Conquest of Asilah