Crafts Collection (page 6)

What to Knit for Baby - childrens knitting book
Charming illustration on the front cover of a knitting book published by Scotch Wool and Hosiery Stores. Date: c.1930

WWII knitting booklet, Home Front Woollies
Front cover of a knitting booklet produced by Weldons featuring a variety of patterns to make garments for war workers from a resolute looking member of the Home Guard to female members of the armed

WWII knitting, New Woollies for soldiers, sailors & airmen
Front cover of a knitting booklet from the Second World War published by yarn manufacturer Weldon, featuring woollen garments which could made for men in the armed services

The Bezalel School of Arts & Crafts, Jerusalem, Israel
The Bezalel School of Arts & Crafts on Abyssinia Street in Jerusalem, established by Professor Boris Schatz in 1906 (pictured on the left in the white suit)

Rural Pennsylvania Colonial Pennsylvania exists to-day in many churches, costumes, crafts of the German Sectarians. Poster promoting Pennsylvania, showing pottery. Date between 1936 and 1940

Signs and Symbols on Native Indian Handicrafts
The Signs and Symbols used on indigenous native American handicrafts and jewelery. The Date: circa late 1930s

Finsbury Park Empire
Colour postcard of the facade of Finsbury Park Empire, circa 1914. The theatre was built in 1910 for Oswald Stoll to a design by Frank Matcham from one of Matchams few essays in the Arts

New Crepe-paper Rope weaving projects, 1914 Date: 1914

Decorative turkeys by Heywood Sumner (18531940), a painter, illustrator and craftsman involved with the Arts and Crafts movement

Sailmaker at work, Penzance, Cornwall
An elderly sailmaker (Arthur Willoughby), working in the traditional way in Penzance, Cornwall. circa early 1980s

School of Arts and Crafts, Beira, Mozambique, East Africa
School of Arts and Crafts, Beira, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. Date: circa 1920

Women in Glen Columbkille, County Donegal, Ireland
Two women in Glen Columbkille (Glencolmcille, Gleann Cholm Cille), County Donegal, north-west Ireland. One of them, with bare feet, sits on a rock, embroidering a handkerchief

The Bern Bear helps a Swiss woman with her yarn winding. Date: circa 1903

Votes for Women Jerusalem
Cover of Votes for Women featuring the infant Christ, Maryand Joseph protected by an imposing female figure. Lines from Blakes Jerusalem and an Arts and Crafts feel to theillustration by Ethel F

Rainbow Wool for French Knitting circa 1930s

Mary Linwood, needlewoman and schoolmistress (1755-1845). circa 1800

Young woman reading a letter
Arts & Crafts style line drawing of a young woman engrossed in a letter. Date: circa 1905

Startling Stories - The Day of the Cloud by Ross Rocklynne. Two air crafts attack and puncture the moon causing it to release gases which drift towards the earth. Date: 1942

Ault & Wiborg
Arts & Crafts style advertisement for Ault & Wiborg printing inks. Date: 1898

Chinese River Badges, China Date: circa 1910s

Israel. Jerusalem. Interior of a shop
Israel. Jerusalem. Muslim Quarter. Interior of a shop

Turkey. Antalya. Street with carpets. Old city. Mediterraena coast

Crafts. Bonecos of Estremoz. Ceramic figures representing different professions. Portugal

The Young King. Illustration by Walter Crane (1845-1915). Co
Walter Crane (1845-1915). English artist. Illustration of The Young King. The Iberian Illustration, 1898. Colored

Albania. Kruje. Sale of objects. Bazaar

Workshop. Handcrafting the paperboard. Encyclopedie by D
Workshop dedicated to handcrafting the paperboard. Pulping and pressing. 18th Century. Encyclopedie. Edited by Denis Diderot (1713-1784) and Jean Le Rond d Alembert (1717-1783). Engraving

Japan - Paper worker - Making parasols and lanterns. Date: circa 1910s

WALTER CRANE 1845-1915
WALTER CRANE English painter. Leader with William Morris in Arts and Crafts movement in British decorative art. Date: 1845 - 1915

All Saints Parish Hall, Blackheath
All Saints Parish Hall in Blackheath, south-east London, which houses the Mary Evans Picture Library. Date: 1928

Bestway pattern for Delightful Necklets, easily made from oddments. 1940s

Stonemason working with granite in a workshop. Date: circa 1970s

Lace making
A Buckinghamshire lace maker of the Old Bucks point lace at work, placing a pin into the parchment pattern. The picture shows also the hanging bunch of bobbins

Cross-shaped embroidered bookmark -- To dear Charley, 1875, with love, AF. Date: 1875

Couple with goldsmith on a Christmas card
Elizabethan-style couple admiring the products of a goldsmith on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Crocheted and embroidered greetings card. Date: early 20th century

How Betty can make a Christmas hankie for mother, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Designs in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes
Designs in a brochure showing how to decorate household items with Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Tinting, Dyeing and Practical Art Craft with Dy-o-la Dyes, page of a brochure by the Dy-o-la Dye Co of Burlington, Vermont, USA, price 15 cents. Date: 1920s

Dainty frock of opal hues, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Simple designs for batik, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

How to make braided rugs, with material dyed in different colours, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Jolly play clothes from daddys shirts, baby creeper and sisters apron, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

A smart note is added to the sports blouse, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

A rainbow frock
How to create a rainbow frock using Dy-o-la Dyes, page of instructions in a brochure. Date: 1920s

Home refurbished by Dy-o-la Dyes
Page from a brochure, a home entirely refurbished by Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

A chic little turban made from an old scarf
Page of instructions in a brochure showing how to dye an old scarf with Dy-o-la Dyes and turn it into a turban -- the craft of Art Dyeing. Also how to make a dolly bag out of an old scarf. Date: 1920s

Pueblo Indians selling crafts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Pueblo Indians selling their handmade arts and crafts on a market day in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Date: 1940s

Formosan men aboard their boats, similar to large bamboo rafts. Date: 1932

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