Cloth Collection (page 25)

Croppers and a Freemer
Two men use teasels used for rooing the cloth. In the foreground a Freemer Boy detaches flocks of wool from recently used teasels

Fabric Shop Assistant
A shop assistant behind a counter folds a length of flower patterned fabric she has just cut from a roll of cloth

Tunisia / Tunis Souk 1906
The SOUK DES ETOFFES, Tunis - a street specialising in fabrics

Boy at Tailors Shop
A young boy in a sailor blouse is measured for a new outfit. His mother, in a fox fur stole, looks on. Tailors sit cross legged on a table while another cuts cloth

White & Purple Aubergine
A still life of purple and white aubergines (or egg plants) displayed on a cloth

Shop Assistant 1883
A shop-girl

Smithfield / Cloth Alley
A narrow London street, not greatly changed since Elizabethan times - Cloth Alley, Smithfield

Country Clothes C. 1890
Boys: deerstalker hats, knickerbockers, covert coats. Girls: cloth Tam-O Shanters, pleated skirts, gauntlets, reefer jackets, fur coat & high crowned white bonnet

Carrion Crow on an Oak
A carrion crow sat on an oak, derry, derry, derry, decco; a carrion crow sat on an oak, watching a tailor shape a coat

Dismissed for Pregnancy
Pregnant, is she ? Well, you know the rules - tell her she needn t bother to come to work tomorrow

Dryden / Women / Africa / 156
Two women walk through an African market. The street traders, selling cloth and fruit, sit in the shade

Sir Joseph Lyons, caterer, Chairman of J Lyons & Co
Sir Joseph Lyons (1847-1917), caterer, Chairman of J Lyons & Co from 1887 until the year he died. He was knighted in 1911

Freddy meets the Little Man who had a little gun
Freddy meets another of his nursery rhyme heroes, the Little Man who had a little gun. Also at the table is Mary, Quite Contrary, as can be seen by her expression

Sir Henry Guildford
SIR HENRY GUILDFORD Master of the horse and Controller of the household. Accompanied Henry VIII to the Field of the Cloth of Gold

Wwi / 1915 / Ypres / Bastien
The burning of the Cloth Hall in Ypres, Belgium

Calico Printer 1827
A calico printer at work. Calico is unprinted white cotton cloth imported from the Indian city of Calicut in India

Hercules Star Map
Hercules and Corona Borealis constellation

White Gown Blue Slippers
white gown with self- embroidered hem & white scarf worn like braces. Accessories: straw & blue cloth bonnet, folding parasol & green shawl with patterned border

Tailor Measuring / 1770
A tailor measures the length of a gentlemans coat with a tape measure while his colleagues sew; the cat is very interested in a plate of fish brought in by a boy

Egyptian Fabrics 1924
Egyptian inspired fabrics by Coudurier: strapless wrap dress in a bold gold & terracotta cloth; evening coat or wrap in a pale turquoise embellished with gold designs

Long Pipe 1836
Decadent gent smoking a long exotic looking oriental pipe converses with a cohort back from a night on the tiles

Doffing Top Hat 1834
Velvet D-B coat with broad M -cut collar, cut-away in a shallow curve, spurs, striped waistcoat, wool cloth & leather strapped pantaloons buttoning over the boots

Veronica and Jesus Image
Saint Veronica shows some friends the cloth with which she wiped the sweat off Jesuss face as he carried his cross, on which his portrait is miraculously imprinted

A French Master
A French Lodge admits a Master who lies on the ground with a blood-soaked cloth over his face, while the existing Masters point their swords at his body, very symbolically

Tapestry Weaving 1555
Weaving tapestry and painted cloth in medieval Scandinavia

African Product Label
A small African boy - whose name is evidently Toto - is featured on this label for a domestic product

Ricksha Boy Label
Ricksha Boy - in traditional plumed headdress - on a product label

Chaka, Zulu Chief
CHAKA, (Shaka, Tshaka) Zulu leader who ruthlessly conquered and ruled most of southern Africa : depicted here on a product label for a humdrum domestic product !

Boy & Pigeons
A young man in a cloth cap and waistcoat, photographed with four friendly pigeons sitting on his head and shoulders at Hyde Park, central London

Cloth of Gold Meeting
Henry VIII and Francis I meet on the Field of the Cloth of Gold near Calais

Pedlar Selling Cloth
A travelling salesmen shows a young woman a bolt of patterned cloth. He has a yard stick ready to measure her order. A women in the background embroiders

Hazardous Street
One man crosses a busy street while a couple are caught between a horse cab & a loaded wagon in the days before pedestrian crossings. An accident waiting to happen

King in Streets
Top-hatted citizens wave their hats, a cloth-capped worker thumbs his nose as Friedrich Wilhelm IV, king of Prussia, rides through the streets of Berlin to the University

17th C Taylor
Taylor in his workshop cutting cloth while an assistant sews

Henry VIII as Archer
KING HENRY VIII demonstrating his prowess as an archer at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, June 1520

Curry&rice / Merchants
English woman sits in her chair which cloth merchants show her their wares

A wedding banquet at a long table

Scene from Shakespeares Taming of the Shrew
A scene from Shakespeares comedy, The Taming of the Shrew (Act IV, Scene i), in which Petruchio insists that the food isn t good enough for poor hungry Kate to eat

Futuristic automated tailoring establishment
A futuristic automated tailoring establishment, where the equipment does all (or most of) the work

Phoenicians and Wares
Phoenican merchants examine wares

Wedding Dress 1840
A young bride about to sign the register wears a dress with 3 lace edged flounces, pointed waist, bell shaped upper sleeves worn over a tightfitting under sleeve

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