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Cloth Collection (page 5)

Background imageCloth Collection: Comic postcard, your young mans gone at last

Comic postcard, your young mans gone at last Date: 20th century

Background imageCloth Collection: Advertisement for St. Ivel with a maid bringing bowls of soup (or cups of tea

Advertisement for St. Ivel with a maid bringing bowls of soup (or cups of tea) to neatly laid lunch table already with ham, cold pie, bread and of course, a tub of St

Background imageCloth Collection: Advert for Sterling toilet Service from Goldsmiths

Advert for Sterling toilet Service from Goldsmiths & Silversmiths, London, 1925 showing cloth brush, powder jar, hair brush, dressing comb and hand mirror Date: 1925

Background imageCloth Collection: Three smart representations of current Parisian fashions

Three smart representations of current Parisian fashions, 1925. On the left Jane Regnys simple country frock of Rodiers new striped Zibli Kasha in blues and grays

Background imageCloth Collection: Three suits for an afternoon promenade, Paris, 1926

Three suits for an afternoon promenade, Paris, 1926 - one jumper suit, a tweed coat and a double breasted cloth coat Date: 1926

Background imageCloth Collection: Man with elaborate full body tattoo and loin cloth, Japan

Man with elaborate full body tattoo and loin cloth, Japan
Man with elaborate full body tattoo tattooing and loin cloth, Japan, late 19th century

Background imageCloth Collection: Cloth store Grand Bazaar, Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey

Cloth store Grand Bazaar, Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey
Vintage 19th century photograph: Cloth store drapery in the Grand Bazaar, Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey

Background imageCloth Collection: Fancy Dress Costume

Fancy Dress Costume
Fancy dress costume created entirely from cloth books. Creator: James Henderson Date: 1910

Background imageCloth Collection: Childs Primer

Childs Primer
A page from a childs cloth primer depicting a high-chair, rattle, sponge & soap, mug plate, ball and a perambulator. Artist: Ethel Larcombe Date: 1914

Background imageCloth Collection: Trades in Regency England: Turnery, broom-maker

Trades in Regency England: Turnery, broom-maker and paper making. Turner working on a wheel-driven lathe in a workshop in Tunbridge 22, broom-maker selling his wares door-to-door in Kent 23

Background imageCloth Collection: Trades in Regency England. Sail cloth, stone quarries

Trades in Regency England. Sail cloth, stone quarries and timber for ship building. Sailors unfurling a canvas sail on a ship 13, men moving blocks of stone in a Portland quarry 14

Background imageCloth Collection: Trades in Regency England. Tin mines, bullocks

Trades in Regency England. Tin mines, bullocks and pipe smoking. Miner on a ladder with a bucket of tin ore in a Redruth tin mine 10, beef cattle on a Devonshire moor 11

Background imageCloth Collection: Trades in Regency Scotland: distillery, cannon boring

Trades in Regency Scotland: distillery, cannon boring and paviours. Workers distilling whisky in a distillery in Edinburgh 70, worker boring a cannon at Carron Works factory 71

Background imageCloth Collection: Trades in Regency England: Grinding cutlery, iron

Trades in Regency England: Grinding cutlery, iron works and flax spinning. Workers seated at grinding wheels in a cutlery factory in Sheffied 58

Background imageCloth Collection: Trades in Regency England: basket making, geese plucking

Trades in Regency England: basket making, geese plucking and whips. Basket-maker weaving willow into baskets and hampers on the Isle of Ely 34

Background imageCloth Collection: Actors playing Henry Tudor fighting King Richard III

Actors playing Henry Tudor fighting King Richard III of England on stage in a theatre. Other actors wait in the wings in tunics with red and white roses

Background imageCloth Collection: German court messenger and old man, 15th century

German court messenger and old man, 15th century
German male fashions of the late 15th century. Costume of a court messenger with brooch and lance, from painting of the life of St. Sigismund

Background imageCloth Collection: German costumes of the late 15th century

German costumes of the late 15th century. Woman in dress with long hanging sleeves holding a bird, and man in doublet with jagged sleeves and skirts, red hose, feathered hat

Background imageCloth Collection: Interior of the shrine to Osman I, Bursa, Turkey

Interior of the shrine to Osman I, Bursa, Turkey
Interior of the shrine to Osman I or Osman Gazi, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, with tomb or Turbe, Bursa, Turkey. Cappella sepolcrale di Osman I

Background imageCloth Collection: Woman in white dress with pink trim, striped apron

Woman in white dress with pink trim, striped apron
Woman in white dress with pink trim, casque hat with pink panaches, and striped apron. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Carrache after an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Les Modes

Background imageCloth Collection: Memorial Plaque to Ypres Civilians WW1 and WW2

Memorial Plaque to Ypres Civilians WW1 and WW2
This is beside the main Ypres War Memorial which is just outside the Cloth Hall. On the other side of the memorial is a plaque to the Belgian 13th Field Artillery. Date: 2016

Background imageCloth Collection: Polish Memorial, Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium

Polish Memorial, Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium
The memorial, which is on an outside wall, commemorates the Polish Forces who liberated Ypres in September 1944. In September 2016 researcher Chris Lock discovered that three Polish soldiers were not

Background imageCloth Collection: The re-built Ypres Cloth Hall at night

The re-built Ypres Cloth Hall at night Date: 2016

Background imageCloth Collection: Advert, Old Dutch Cleaner

Advert, Old Dutch Cleaner -- woman cleaning in the kitchen. 1922

Background imageCloth Collection: Advert, Free Case for Hawk-eye Camera

Advert, Free Case for Hawk-eye Camera with coupons from Black Cat cigarettes. circa 1925

Background imageCloth Collection: Phoenicians trading with Early Britons

Phoenicians trading with Early Britons, exchanging richly coloured cloths for animal skins and furs. Date: BCE

Background imageCloth Collection: Scene at a Lancashire cotton printing works

Scene at a Lancashire cotton printing works - singeing machine. Date: 1843

Background imageCloth Collection: Scene at a Lancashire calico bleaching and dyeing works

Scene at a Lancashire calico bleaching and dyeing works
Scene at a calico bleaching and dyeing works in Dukinfield, Lancashire, showing washing by dash wheels. Date: 1843

Background imageCloth Collection: Machine at a rope and sail cloth factory, East London

Machine at a rope and sail cloth factory, East London
Yarn dressing and beaming machine at the Sir Joseph Huddart and Co rope and sail cloth factory, Limehouse, East London. Date: 1842

Background imageCloth Collection: Rope making at a rope and sail cloth factory, East London

Rope making at a rope and sail cloth factory, East London
Flat rope making at the Sir Joseph Huddart and Co rope and sail cloth factory, Limehouse, East London. Date: 1842

Background imageCloth Collection: Rope laying at a rope and sail cloth factory, East London

Rope laying at a rope and sail cloth factory, East London
Rope making or laying at the Sir Joseph Huddart and Co rope and sail cloth factory, Limehouse, East London. Date: 1842

Background imageCloth Collection: Rope spinning at a rope and sail cloth factory, East London

Rope spinning at a rope and sail cloth factory, East London
Rope spinning at the Sir Joseph Huddart and Co rope and sail cloth factory, Limehouse, East London, with a close-up view of the many strands of a rope. Date: 1842

Background imageCloth Collection: Cloth of gold crocus, Crocus reticulatus

Cloth of gold crocus, Crocus reticulatus (Crocus variegatus). Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Background imageCloth Collection: Fabric shop workers

Fabric shop workers. Women in muslin dresses, bonnets and shawls embroidering, sewing, cutting cloth and wrapping bolts of fabric

Background imageCloth Collection: Young girl of the Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland

Young girl of the Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland, 19th century. Her little cap, gorget and sleeve cuffs are all of painted cloth

Background imageCloth Collection: Francoise de Foix, Countess of Chateaubriand, 1475-1537

Francoise de Foix, Countess of Chateaubriand, 1475-1537
Francoise de Foix, Countess of Chateaubriand, mistress of King Francis I of France, 1475-1537. She wears a chaperon headdress trimmed with gold cloth at the front

Background imageCloth Collection: Natives of Tonga (Friendly Islands)

Natives of Tonga (Friendly Islands). King Poulaho in feather headdress, man in gnatoo tappa cloth, Chief Ataongo Otago of Tongatapu Amsterdam Island with knife, woman with tattoos in gnatoo

Background imageCloth Collection: Egyptian wedding and funeral rites, 18th century

Egyptian wedding and funeral rites, 18th century. A wedding party under a huge canopy follows a group of musicians and acrobats

Background imageCloth Collection: Cloth of gold, Crocus angustifolius and enchanter s

Cloth of gold, Crocus angustifolius and enchanter s
Monandria 1, 2, cloth of gold, Crocus angustifolius (Triandria) 3, and enchanters nightshade, Circaea alpina (Diandria) 4, 5

Background imageCloth Collection: Cloth of gold hybrid tulip, Tulipa gesneriana

Cloth of gold hybrid tulip, Tulipa gesneriana
Le Drap d Or Tulippe. Cloth of gold hybrid tulip, Tulipa gesneriana. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Background imageCloth Collection: Boiling pans and wringers for bleaching cloth, 18th century

Boiling pans and wringers for bleaching cloth, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Background imageCloth Collection: Friction and fulling mill for scouring cloth

Friction and fulling mill for scouring cloth. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature

Background imageCloth Collection: George Smarts chimney cleansing machine

George Smarts chimney cleansing machine
Miscellany: equipment for button-making, glazing cloth, gun flints, George Smarts chimney cleansing machine, and crystallography

Background imageCloth Collection: Craftsmen at floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London

Craftsmen at floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London
Craftsmen at work in the printing room of the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London. They are spreading paint on printing blocks

Background imageCloth Collection: Printing blocks used at floor cloth factory, SW London

Printing blocks used at floor cloth factory, SW London
Six printing blocks used to create one pattern at the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London. Date: 1842

Background imageCloth Collection: Printing block used at floor cloth factory, SW London

Printing block used at floor cloth factory, SW London
Original printing block used at the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London. Date: 1842

Background imageCloth Collection: Craftsman at floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London

Craftsman at floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London
Craftsman at work at the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London, spreading thick paint onto a canvas cloth with a long trowel. Date: 1842

Background imageCloth Collection: Dinahs Shack, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, USA

Dinahs Shack, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, USA -- Hors d Oeuvre Table and Fireplace Dining Room. A popular dining place for motorists, on Highway 101. Date: circa 1928



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