Flax Collection

Scotlands Industrial Souvenir
Don Brothers, Buist and Company Limited - Flax and Jute Spinners and Manufacturers - Scotlands Industrial Souvenir 1905. Date: 1905

Advert, Baxter Brothers & Co, Dundee, Scotland
Advert for Baxter Brothers & Co Limited, Spinners and Manufacturers of Flax, Hemp and Jute, Dens Works, Dundee, Scotland. 1905

Phormium tenax, New Zealand flax
A watercolour commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks and sketched by Sydney Parkinson during the Endeavour Voyage. Parkinson died at sea before he could complete it

N. of Ireland Flax Spinning Industry, Reeling - a view of a girl operating a reeling machine in a spinning mill. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Linum usitatissimum, flax
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Marshalls Flax Mill, Leeds, Yorkshire 1843
Drawing heckled flax at Marshalls Flax Mill, Leeds. Female workers operate machines to create an even strip from the flax fibres that have previously been heckled, 1843

N. of Ireland Flax Spinning Industry, Drawing - an interior view of a machine for drawing flax in a spinning mill, this is a side view of the machine showing the belt drives. (Location: Ireland)

Fine Hand Hackling and Sorting Yarn in a Spinning Mill - an interior shot showing a man hackling flax by hand at a bench by a window. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Irish Flax Spinning Industry, Spreadboard, Front View - as above but the front view of machine. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

N. of Ireland Flax Spinning Industry, Spreading (Back of Machine) - an interior shot of machines for spreading flax in a spinning mill. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

N. of Ireland Flax Spinning Industry, Bundling Yarn - a view of the spinning process where the yarn is bundled in a spinning mill. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Trades in Regency England. Spinning, reaping flax and Suffolk horses. Woman spinning wool on a wheel outside a cottage in Lavenham 28, boy harvesting hemp for sailcloth in Suffolk 29

A tow breaker machine, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

A reeling machine, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Tow breaker machine Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Reeling machine Date: late 19th century

A hackling machine, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Striking up, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Hackling machine Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Striking up Date: late 19th century

A Plain Power Loom, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

A bleaching liquor cave, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Bleaching liquor cave Date: late 19th century

Bleaching yarn on grass, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Yarn bleaching on grass Date: late 19th century

A Spinning Frame, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Plain power loom Date: late 19th century

A Dobbie Loom, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Dobbie loom Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Spinning frame Date: late 19th century

A bale of flax, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Jacquard loom Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, bale of rough flax Date: late 19th century

Jacquard Looms, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Boom Yard Date: late 19th century

A boom yard, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Peaking, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

A Pirn Winding Machine, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Peaking Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Pirn winding machine Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Spreader machine Date: late 19th century

Production of linen, a spreader machine, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, Equaliser machine Date: late 19th century

Production of linen, an Equaliser machine, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Linen manufacture, a roving frame Date: late 19th century

Production of linen, a Roving Frame, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Engineer's workshop, linen production, Victorian period

Warp winding machine, linen production, Victorian period

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