Crafts Collection (page 4)

Funerary stele of Publius Longidienus, boat builder of the Imperial Rome, 1st c. A.D. Roman art. Early Empire. Relief. ITALY. EMILIA-ROMAGNA. Ravenna. National Museum of Ravenna

Spanish Civil War 3 Elementos Necesarios Para
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Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Cruiser Baleares, ship of the nationalist side sunk by the republican fleet in March 1938. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Navy Museum

Spanish Civil War Map Of Catalonia Regions And
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William Morris, artist, writer, publisher and socialist
William Morris (1834-1896), English textile designer, artist, writer, publisher and socialist, associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement

THE CUP OF DEATH 1881
The Cup of Death: a temperance concert exercise by Rev. W.F. Crafts is promoted by this notice. Date: 1881

Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine (1853 - 1931), writer, pictured in a charming Arts and Crafts room at his home in Wimbledon. Part of a series in The Tatler of photographs of literary figures at home

Page from The Sphere reporting on art students at the Royal Academy and the London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts, showing art and scupture studios. Date: 1925

Man weaving cotton on a loom, Senegambia, 18th century. He sits with his legs in a pit, with the warp tied to a large rock, under a mat shade. A weaver. Tisserand negre

Exhibition of needlework by Mary Linwood, London
Exhibition of needlework by Mary Linwood (1755-1845) at Old Savile House, Leicester Square, London. early 19th century

Sinking of HMS Courageous, September 1939
Photograph of aircraft carrier HMS Courageous as it sinks, having been torpedoed by a German submarine, 17 September 1939

Woman pressing a seam under a damp cloth
Woman using a hot iron to press a seam under a damp cloth. Date: circa 1940

Woman tacking a hem before stitching it
Woman tacking a hem with tacking cotton before stitching it. Date: circa 1940

Woman threading a needle. Date: circa 1940

Using a sewing machine to attach a lacy edging. Date: circa 1940

Sewing items, including needles, pins, scissors and thread
Sewing items: needles, pins, scissors, thread, chalk, thimble and tape measure. Date: circa 1940

Village Industries - pottery and parchment making
Page from The Sphere reporting on pottery making in Dorset and the making of parchment in Havant, Hampshire which had specialised in parchment for over 1000 years. 1928

Embroidering King Edward VIIs Coronation Robes
Needlewomen embroidering King Edward VIIs coronation robes at the Royal School of Art Needlework. 1902

Advert, A Stephens & Co, Artistic Costumes
Advert for A Stephens & Co, Art Fabrics and Artistic Costumes, Regent Street, London. 1889

Cover design, Chester School of Art Prospectus, Grosvenor Museum, 1914

Machine in a bookbinding workshop, City of London
Cloth embossing machine in a bookbinding workshop, Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842

Board cutting in a bookbinding workshop, City of London
Board cutting machine in a bookbinding workshop, Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842

Pueblo Indian drilling turquoise, New Mexico, USA
Pueblo Indian drilling turquoise for the making of necklaces, New Mexico, USA. Date: circa 1920

Navajo Indian silversmith, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Navajo Indian silversmith at work, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Date: circa 1912

Navajo Indian workroom, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. They are spinning and dyeing wool, weaving blankets and making silver ornaments. Date: circa 1920

Illustration, Kelmscott Manor, William Morris
Illustration by William Morris, Kelmscott Manor, News from Nowhere. 1891

Winning poster design for LCC evening classes
G. Cranston Bogle, a young Yorkshire artist, receiving his prize for designing a poster to promote evening classes run by London County Council. He won the 50 prize over 800 entries

Bantu craftsman of Douala, Cameroon, Central West Africa
Bantu craftsman of Douala (Duala) making wooden carvings, Cameroon, Central West Africa (at the time a French colony). Date: 1922

Elderly woman with distaff and spindle, Auvergne, France
Elderly woman with distaff and spindle, Auvergne, Central France. 1922

Woman at a spinning wheel, Dinan, Brittany, Northern France
Woman at a spinning wheel near Dinan, Brittany, Northern France. 1922

Man making wooden shoes, Brittany, Northern France
Man making wooden shoes (sabots) in his workshop, Brittany, Northern France. Each shoe is carved from a single piece of wood. Date: 1922

Woman weaving on a frame, Ecuador, South America. Date: 1922

Young woman weaving on a loom, China, East Asia
Young woman weaving cloth on a large loom, China, East Asia. Date: 1922

Araucanian woman weaving, Chile, South America
An Araucanian woman weaving cloth used to make ponchos, southern Chile, South America. Araucania (Araucana) is an indigenous area of Chile inhabited by the Moluche (Mapuche) people. Date: 1922

Kayan man preparing poison for blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia
Young Kayan man heating poison for use in his blowpipe over a fire, until it becomes a thick, dark paste, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire)

Kayan man collecting poison for blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia
Young Kayan man collecting milky sap containing poison from an Ipoh tree for use in his blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). (3 of 6) Date: 1922

Young Kayan man making a blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia
Young Kayan man shaping a piece of hard jagang wood to make a blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). (1 of 6) Date: 1922

Sabot maker working at his cottage door, Belgium
Sabot maker working at his cottage door, a traditional home industry in Belgium. Date: 1922

Women drawing flax to turn it into yarn, Belgium
Women drawing flax on combs to turn it into yarn, Belgium, a traditional home industry. Date: 1922

Armenian carpet manufactory, Eastern Kurdistan. Date: 1922

Instruction leaflet, Glydolia Art Raffia -- Charming Dinner Mats. Date: 20th century

The Engraver by Jost Amman. 1568

Damsels in a Wood, by Constance and Maxwell Armfield
Damsels in a Wood, embroidery on linen by Constance and Maxwell Armfield (English Quakers and pacifists working in America), First World War. 1916

Artists Studio Visit Date: 1944

Woman crocheting 1906
Photograph of a woman entitled Wandering Thoughts crocheting at home maybe for a piece of clothing or a doily. Date: 1906

MYTH / ATHENA / MINERVA
Patron goddess of Athens also identified with Minerva, the Italian goddess of crafts

London Trades: Locksmiths - The City Farrier - Gold-Beaters
Traditional London trades: (top left) Locksmiths cutting key-barrels on a machine which is 140 years old at the works of the Bramah Lock Company (top right)

Port Sunlight - Cheshire, Merseyside - Mens Social Club and Bowling Green. Date: circa 1910s

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