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Bayeux Tapestry. 1066-1077. Scene of the Battle of Hastings. Detail of the battle between the soldiers of William I of England and the Anglo-Saxons. Romanesque art. Decorative Arts; Tapestry. FRANCE
Bayeux Tapestry. 1066-1077. Battle of Hastings (1066). Detail. Romanesque art. Tapestry. FRANCE. Bayeux. Archaeological Museum
The Shop Assistant who Lost his Temper by H. M. BatemanA shop assistant finally loses the plot after bringing out roll upon roll of material for a demanding customer to choose from. 1929
A Street Scene in Cairo, by Charles Robertson (1844-1891)
Bayeux Tapestry. 1066-1077. Making a boat. Romanesque art. Tapestry. FRANCE. Bayeux. Archaeological Museum
Advert for Gorringes fashion fabrics 1932Advertisement for Gorringes pattern book containing viyella and visylka dress fabrics. 1932
Advertisement for Sanderson Fabrics -- sun-resisting and washproof. Also mentioning the Sanderson range of wallpapers. Showing two fabric designs arranged in the shape of a large flower
Advert for Courtaulds Rayons 1936The miracle of Rayons. Rayon is what you used to call artifical silk. Its name was changed because it isn t silk and it isn t artificial. It is beautiful thread
Tapestry of Creation. 1st half 12th c. Romanesque
Tapestry of Creation. 1st half 12th c. Central detail. Creation of the heaven, earth and animal and vegetal life. Romanesque art. Tapestry. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Gerona
Shopping for Fabric 1809A throng of mostly feminine customers scrutinize the stock at Messrs. Harding, Howell & Co. at 89 Pall Mall. Fabrics cascade from displays in the drapery department
Raydechene FabricsHalf-page advertisement for Raydechene Fabrics depicting a fashionable lady in a Raydechene silken fabric Date: 1928
Vysilka FabricsHalf-page advertisement for Visylka Fabrics Date: 1928
Celanese FabricsFull page advertisement for Celanese Fabrics Date: 1928
The Shop of Geniani, 1772, by Luis Paret y AlcazarLuis Paret y Alcazar (1746-1799). Spanish painter. The Shop of Geniani, 1772. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain
Patterned Fabrics Advertisement PhotographA photograph used for the advertisement of patterned fabrics, the image portrays two women in the countryside inspecting some examples. Date: circa 1939
Grafton Fabrics AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Grafton Fabrics, the image showcases a room interior, furnished with hangings and materials designed by the company. Date: circa 1922
Grafton's Chiffonelle AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Grafton's Chiffonelle, a draper specialist in women's lingerie, using perfect washing fabrics. Date: circa 1920
R. S. Hudson Limited Omo AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, promoting Omo, a bleacher, cleanser and purifier for household fabrics
Omo AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, promoting Omo, a bleacher, cleanser and purifier for household fabrics
Drummer Dyes AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for W. Edge & Sons Ltd. promoting Drummer Dyes, used for all fabrics, a bearskin guard drummer can be seen sat below a circular framed room interior
Lever Brothers Advertisement, LuxAn illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting Lux, a product for washing dainty fabrics, a box of which can be seen in the hand of the central woman in the picture
Hampton and Sons AdvertisementAn advertisement for Hampton & Sons Ltd, which promotes the sale of carpets and furnishing fabrics. The images show three examples of carpets
Heal and Son AdvertisementAn advertisement illustration for Heal & Son curtain fabrics, showing a woman wearing a patterned costume, holding up a curtain roll which has a repetitive design of exotic birds. Date: circa 1915
Lux AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting Lux, a product used for washing dainty fabrics. The main oval framed picture shows a woman being told that her lace fabrics
Goochs Jurna AdvertisementAn advertisement illustration for Goochs Vogue & Value, promoting Jurna corsets, which gives women graceful lines and poise
Lever Brothers Lux AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting Lux, a product used for washing dainty fabrics. Pictures include a woman happily washing her clothes
Japan - Cloth DealerCloth Dealer, Japan. Date: circa 1920s
Alyse Berton Draped in Raw SilkAlyse Berton, a Seattle resident, draped in raw silk. Seattle had become the most important silk port in the United States. Date: circa 1925
Beard Watson Ltd AdvertisementAdvertisement illustration for Beard Watson Ltd, suppliers of furniture, floor covering and furnishing fabrics. The image shows a very nicely furnished living room
Courtaulds Fabrics AdvertisementAdvertisement for Courtaulds Ltd, promoting their dress and lingerie fabrics of gaiety, modernity, distinction and simple charm
Curtis Moffat Ltd AdvertisementAdvertisement for Curtis Moffat Ltd, a modern decoration company promoting Modern furniture, lighting fixtures, fabrics, handwoven rugs, glass, original wedding and Christmas presents
Advertisement for Courtaulds FabricsAn advertisement for Courtaulds dress and lingerie fabrics. Shows an illustration of a woman on the telephone, wearing an extravagant dress. Fabrics for every purpose. Fabrics for every purse
Advert for Sanderson of Berners Street, suppliers of wallpapers and fabrics. Date: 1954
Advert for Rosebank Fabrics, available to order through local stores and furnishers. Date: 1954
Advert for Arthur Sanderson and Sons, highlighting the international provenance of the fabrics and wallpapers available at their Berners Street showroom. Date: 1954
Advert for Celanese, a chemical and speciality materials company whose products included acetate yarn and artificial silk. Date: 1943
Pastrana Tapestries, 1471 c Disembarkation in AsilahThe Pastrana tapestries: Disembarkation in Asilah. ca. 1471 - 1475. Cloth number 1 of the series on the conquest of Asilah and Tangier in 1471 by Alfonso V of Portugal
Mourning dress 1861The death of Prince Albert prompts full scale national mourning and a surge in the sale of black fabrics. Here are 3 mourning outfits proposed for January 1862. Date: 1861
Whitechapel Market stall, East LondonLooking down on a fabrics trader in Whitechapel Market, East London. Date: circa 1960s
Fred Hoddinot, Berwick Street Market, LondonFred Hoddinot of Borovick Fabrics at his stall in Berwick Street Market, London. Date: 1957
Three new dress designs illustrating new fabrics, Paris, 1926. Top left from Drecoll and top right and bottom from Alice Bernard Date: 1926
Advert, Colgates FAB Washing Powder Advert, Colgates FAB Washing PowderAdvert, Colgates FAB Washing Powder. 1922
Advert, A Stephens & Co, Artistic CostumesAdvert for A Stephens & Co, Art Fabrics and Artistic Costumes, Regent Street, London. 1889
Advert, Scarboroughs Dress Fabrics, HalifaxAdvertisement for Scarboroughs Celebrated Dress Fabrics, Ellen Reyde Mills, Halifax, October 1888, with a reference to Grace Darling and Fearnought Serges. 1888
Advert, Lewiss Department Store, Manchester, October 1888. 1888
Aberfoyle fabricsAdvertisement for Aberfoyle Fabrics. Fabrics... where style is interwoven with the practical. Illustration from Delineator magazine February 1927. Artist anon. Date: 1927
The Market Square and Henwoods Arcade - Johannesburg, South Africa. Date: 1905
INDIAN CLOTH MERCHANTA white European woman looks carefully through piles of fabrics, brought to her home by a cloth merchant in colonial India. Date: 1930s
WOOL EXHIBITION STANDAn exhibition stand for the Bradford Manufacturing Company, displaying all-wool dress fabrics and century cashmeres. Date: 1884
PARIS DEPARTMENT STOREFabrics, shawls, childrens clothes &c. Date: circa 1850
Virtues win to Vices. Flemish tapestry 1510 cCrucifixion and Virtues win the battle to Vices. ca. 1510. Victory due to the sacrifice of Christ. Cloth number 7 of the series known as Redemption of Man or Vices and Virtues
Masonic apron. Textiles. SPAIN. Madrid. National Historical Archive of Madrid
Merriecolour curtains advertisement, 1950sAdvertisement for Grafton Merricolour fabrics featuring a woman looking out of a window as her jolly Merricolour curtains flap in the breeze. 1950s
Scandalous Frocks 1908Brazen women cause a scandal at the French races in their decollete gowns which use transparent fabrics over the chest in order to conform to the fashion for high collars
Advert for Mandel Brothers department store 1913Announcement for the opening of the new spring collection at Chicagos Mandel Brothers department store. Advert showing some well dressed women and a men being welcomed by a Sikh boy. Date: 1913
Courtelle advertisement, Marcus dress 1959Advertisement for a smart sheath day dress by Marcus made in Courtelle fabric - a new type of acrylic fibre manufactured by Courtaulds
Dress and matching coat by Norman HartnellA dress and matching coat by Norman Hartnell who follows the vogue for diaphanous fabrics by using mushroom silk organza. The dress has a deep V neckline
Dandelion in art nouveau patterns.. Lithograph with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Eugene Grassets Plants and their Application to Ornament, Paris, 1897
The iris in various patterns for stained glass, wallpaper and fabrics.. Lithograph by Verneuil with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Eugene Grassets Plants and their Application to Ornament
The Morse Cotton Baling Press. Cotton Hydraulic Press, New Morse system. Installed in New York. 1881. Xylography
Tapestry of Pastrana. Afonso V of PortugalTapestry of Pastrana. end 15th c. Disembarkation in Asilah of 1470. Detail of the King Afonso V of Portugal. Flemish art. Tapestry. SPAIN. CASTILE-LA MANCHA. GUADALAJARA. Pastrana
Pastrana Tapestries, 1471 c Disembarkation in AsilahThe Pastrana tapestries: Disembarkation in Asilah. ca. 1471 - 1475. Cloth number 1 of the series on the conquest of Asilah and Tangier in 1471 by Alfonso V of Portugal. Detail of Portuguese troops
Medieval Spinster. Manuscript c. 1340Medieval Spinster. Miniature in The Smithfield Decretals. Compendium c. 1340 of the decretals of Pope Gregory IX. Manuscript Ms Royal 10 E. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND
David Before Saul. Flemish tapestry 1525 cDavid before Saul. ca. 1525. Series of History of David. Cardboard by Bernard van Orley. Manufacturing in Brussels. Silk and wool. 560 x 410 cm. Flemish art. Tapestry. SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON
Design for textile with geometrical shapes. Pencil and charcoal on detail paper. Silver Studio. 1933
Design for textile or wallpaper in blue and cream. Gouache on copy paper with ruled lines. Silver Studio. circa 1900
Bayeux Tapestry. 1066-1077. Transport of weapons and wine on a cart. Detail. Romanesque art. Tapestry. FRANCE. Bayeux. Archaeological Museum
Signs and Symbols on Native Indian HandicraftsThe Signs and Symbols used on indigenous native American handicrafts and jewelery. The Date: circa late 1930s
Morocco - Dressing a Moroccan Moorish BrideDressing a Moroccan Moorish Bride in traditional costume in preparation for her wedding
Beneath my Feet the Still Bazaar is LaidStudy of a bazaar with colourful fabrics hanging up and rugs spread on the ground. Date: 1920
Womens fashion, 1928Women sporting summer frocks and parasols. 1928
Celanese Fashion FabricsAdvertisement for Celanese fabrics. 1928
Fashionable lady hanging up dainty fabrics on her lineA young fashionable lady hanging up dainty fabrics on her washing line, direct from a bowl of creamy Lux washing suds. Date: 1924
Advertisement in Princess Ida programmeAdvertisement for Liberty Art Fabrics in Princess Ida programme, Gilbert & Sullivan, Savoy Theatre, London, with three men in armour. circa 1880s
Celanese evening coat and dress, 1937A dramatic evening coat in heavy Celanese crepe bavalo, worn over an evening frock of lustrous celanese boucle satin. Date: 1937
Advert for Dolcis shoes 1931A selection of fashionable evening court shoes & sandals in a variety of fabrics or kid leather with high heels & an ankle strap or bar across the instep. Date: 1931
Cartoon, Parisian woman out shopping, WW1Cartoon showing an elegant Parisian woman in a very tall hat, out shopping for fabrics. She asks for a large amount of material for a new hat, in spite of wartime austerity. Date: 1917
Coffee & Cakes PartyHe wears a single breasted, dark 3-piece suit. Of the ladies frocks: one uses plain fabrics with contrasting collar & cuffs; the other 3 are of various printed textiles. Date: 1930
Pedlar Sells Cloth / 1880The women of a country village take an interest in the fabrics of a passing pedlar. Date: circa 1880
Advert for Heals hand-printed linens 1914Heals hand-printed linens, chintzes and cretonnes Date: 1914
Window display, Nehesco Fabrics. circa 1930s
Sefton Fabrics advertisement 1919 - Victory YearFashions Favourite this Victory Year. Advertisement for Sefton Fabrics designs by Annie Fish, who was the wife of Walter Sefton who owned the company. Date: 1919
Advertisement for Crimplene jacketAdvertisement for a Crimplene jacket which ensures the man appears handsome and eligible in all situations. Date: 1966
