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Siege of AsilahThe Pastrana Tapestries: Siege of Asilah. ca. 1471 - 1475. Detail of the Portuguese fleet. Cloth number 2 of the series on the Conquest of Asilah and Tangier in 1471 by Alfonso V of Portugal
Ornate CurtainsBlack and white lantern slide of some ornate curtains. They are hung in a room draped in fabric with pot plants and a leopard skin rug
The QueenBlack and white. A procession centred around a horsedrawn carriage; in the background is a building with balconies wreathed with fabric, full of people
Suffragette W. S. P. U Group Marshall SashA sash produced for the Womens Social and Political Union, made in green moire or watered silk fabric. It has Group Marshal in silver letters and a metallic silver tassel at one end
Cutting sixty khaki uniforms at once, WW1Scene at a garment manufacturer in New Jersey, USA, which was able to turn out 50, 000 khaki uniforms a day for Allied troops by a cutting process which allowed sixty pieces of fabric to be cut at
Notice by ruined church, Ypres, Belgium, WW1Two army personnel and a nurse viewing a sign outside a ruined church. The sign reads: This Is Holy Ground. No Stone Of This Fabric May Be Taken Away. It Is A Heritage For All Civilised Peoples
Ole Bill printed fabric doll with wood and button detail, representing the First World War character by Bruce Bairnsfather
Firescreen - fabric shows tanks, planes, ships, armoured cars, etc.Now written off - damaged. Trench Art
Words and music of Till the boys come home (Keep the home fires burning). Words by Lena Guilbert Ford. Music by Ivor Novello
Sefton Fabrics advertisementAdvertisement for Seftons Fabrics displaying a number of coloured patterns and designs. Date: 1918
Sefton fabrics featuring Eve, 1918Advertisement for Sefton Fabrics, publicising their new materials featuring designs by Annie Fish and Rillette as well as other, unspecified but well known artists
Advertisement for Sixten & Cassey of Regent Street, London, who provided many of the beautiful damasks, velvets, satins and chintz used in the May Fair Hotel
1920s photograph album fabricFloral fabric design from the 1920s, taken from a vintage photograph album. Date: c.1925
Queen Alexandras coronation dress worked in IndiaThe superb overdress of Indian embroidery which was made for Queen Alexandras Coronation costume, being worked during the winter of 1901-2 in Delhi by forty of the most skilled needleworkers at
Courtaulds waterproof crape for mourning, 1915Advertisement for Courtaulds Waterproof crape, available in the usual firm finish, or in a soft finish. Ideal for fashionable mourning and obtained from the leading drapers of the world. Date: 1915
Advert for Asprey clutch bags 1928A selection of 1920s clutch handbags, made of various types of leather. Date: 1928
Advert for Japshan pure silk patterns 1935The patterns that bloom in the Spring, tra la ! Nature herself cannot show anything more gladdening than the new Japshan pattern. Checks, stripes and plain colours, all are the newest of the new
Kissing her Majestys hand, learning to curtsey at courtA young woman is tutored in the art of gracefully dropping to a curtsey during her presentation at court at the school of Miss Cowper Coles
Home-made toys for Christmas 1942Everyone is making toys. Noah never saw so many animals as are coming out of scrap-bags in every household for Christmas. The diagram given for the four animals shown are easy to follow. 1942
Advert for Wolsey womens underwear 1936Wolsey aerobelt. Not just new, but a new principle! Not just cut, but Paris-cut! Not just Lastex, but a new exclusive Lastex fabric! Permanent tension two-way stretch that gives but never gives way
Liberty jumperJumper in hand-printed crepe de chine, with collar and facings of plain silk, from Libertys own works at Merton Abbey. Available in a variety of designs and colours, costing 3
Home-made dolly for Christmas 1944A cutie to make at home. Cut out pattern for a home-made dolly. 1944
Business card design, young woman with textilesBusiness card design, depicting a young woman in a red dress, sitting on rolls of textiles. Date: 20th century
Queen Elizabeth inspects barrage balloons, 1939Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother), inspects the fabric used on a barrage balloon as she and the King tour a balloon unit in October 1939. Date: 1939
Young Japanese Nurse Date: circa 1910s
Japanese Women washing fabricJapanese Women washing and drying strips of fabric (for wall hangings?). Date: circa 1910s
Romanian Woman - making fabricA lovely postcard photograph of a Romanian woman, working at a loom (to produce the highly patterned fabric used in traditional clothing) Date: circa 1910s
Repeating Pattern - Variety of dessert dishes. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - Watermelons. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - Toy Drummers. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - Pineapples. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - Compote of Pears (red background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - Grand Horse-drawn Carriage. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - Bowl of Pears - mirrored (yellow)Repeating Pattern - Bowl of Pears - mirrored (yellow background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - guardsmen, yellowRepeating Pattern - guardsmen (with yellow background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - guardsmen, redRepeating Pattern - guardsmen (with red background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - guardsmen, whiteRepeating Pattern - guardsmen (with white background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - guardsmen, blueRepeating Pattern - guardsmen (with blue background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - guardsmen, greenRepeating Pattern - guardsmen (with green background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - guardsmen, blackRepeating Pattern - guardsmen (with black background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - peacocks, redRepeating Pattern - peacocks (with red background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - peacocks, blueRepeating Pattern - peacocks (with blue background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - peacocks, yellowRepeating Pattern - peacocks (with yellow background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - peacocks, whiteRepeating Pattern - peacocks (with white background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - peacocks, greenRepeating Pattern - peacocks (with green background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*