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FRENCH BOURGEOIS FAMILYPapa with his journal, mama with her sewing, the two older girls practising duets, the youngsters playing with the cat - while a log burns cheerfully in the hearth Date: 1897
Ladies Soire Early 1850sDark red dress: open bodice, basques, pagoda sleeves & 2 bands crossing over a habit shirt. Pink dress: vertical striped fabric worn with black lace fingerless gloves. Date: early 1850s
SEWING A LAMPSHADE / 1930SBy pleating a strip of paper and sewing bright coloured wool through it, you can make an effective lampshade only costs a few pence. Date: 1930s
WOMAN WORKS ON TAPESTRYA woman works on her tapestry. She wears a thimble and rests her feet on a foot stool. Date: 1930s
EMBROIDERING LADYA lady is seated at her embroidery frame, while sharing the gossip of her two visitors Date: circa 1840
SINGER SEWING IN PACIFICNatives of the Caroline Islands quickly get to grips with their Singer sewing machine Date: circa 1900
INDUSTRIOUS YOUNG LADYThe Industrious Young Lady - a Victorian girl and her accomplishments Date: 1840s
Cartoon, dressmaker at workCartoon, a dressmaker works by lamplight at a table. Her work hangs around her as she sews in poor light. Date: 1870
BARTHELEMY THIMONNIER French tailor who patented the first sewing machine in France in 1830 Date: 1793 - 1859
FRENCH FAMILY IN SALONPapa with his journal, mama with her sewing, the two older girls practising duets, the youngsters playing with the cat - while a log burns cheerfully in the hearth Date: 1897
FRENCH CHILDREN / NURSERYFrench children play with their toys in the nursery while their nanny gets on with some sewing. Date: 1897
SYDNEY STREET / PHOTOA street scene in Sydney showing shop signs, pedestrians and horse carriages. Date: circa 1900
NEW HOME SEWING MACHINEThe worlds greatest sewing machine is the New Home made by Gonyea and Alba of Rutland, Vermont, enabling repairs to be carried out in situ Date: circa 1905
WOMAN DARNING STOCKINGSA woman darning stockings Date: 19th century
FRENCH BOURGEOISE SEWSFrench bourgeoise sewing Date: 17th century
17th century TailorsA pair of tailors at work : one, who wears a wig, stands at a table with shears to cut cloth, while his assistant sits stitching. Date: 17th century
Young Lady Sewing 1840sThe Industrious Young Lady and indeed she is, with signs of her accomplishments on all sides! Date: 1840s
LADY EMBROIDERING 1874A lady embroidering Date: circa 1874
Model dwelling of working class 1900Interior of a working class home, at the beginning of the 20th century. Date: 1900
Itinerant doorstep peddlar / seller of accoutrement for sewingItinerant doorstep peddlar/seller of accoutrement for sewing. Date: 1920s
Carpet maker stitches the hem of a striped carpet, RajasthanA carpet maker stitches the hem of a heavy coir striped carpet outside his workshop in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Date: 1984
A blind man working a sewing machine, Rajasthan, IndiaA blind man working a sewing machine to make shirts. He squats on the ground in a street in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Date: 1984
The hands of sailmaker William Leitch, in his sail loftThe calloused working hands of sailmaker William Leitch, of East Loch Tarbert, Scotland. William is the third generation of sailmakers to work from the old sail loft in Tarbert on the West Coast of
Advertising postcard - New Home Sewing MachineThe worlds greatest sewing machine is the New Home made by Gonyea and Alba of Rutland, Vermont, enabling repairs to be carried out in situ...! Date: circa 1910
WW2 - Souvenir sewn postcard - from FranceWW2 - Souvenir sewn postcard sent home by a British soldier stationed in France, featuring tricolore and union flag lettering. Date: 1940
PrintBlack and white mezzotint depicting a woman seated by an open window regarding a small dog sitting on the window sill. The print is untitled, unsigned and undated
A drawing room with two seated womenTwo women seated in a drawing room, watercolour by an unknown artist, c.1850, in a gilt frame with black and gold edging and applied scrolling foliate motif at the corners
Jones Sewing Machine - By Royal AppointmentJones Sewing Machine - by Royal Appointment to both the former Queen Alexandra and current (then ) Queen Mary. Date: circa 1910s
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Late XIV century. TailorTacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Tailor. Miniature. Fol
Singer Sewing Machine catalogue - Cabinet TableSinger Sewing Machine catalogue - woman working at a Cabinet Table. 1932
Holly Mount Orphanage, Tottington, Bury, LancashireGirls in the sewing room, some using machines, at the Holly Mount Orphanage / School for Roman Catholic girls at Tottington, near Bury. Date: Date unknown
Anti-German cartoon, map of Europe, WW1The tailors of strafe street. An anti-German cartoon showing the German Kaiser Wilhelm II and his son, Crown Prince Wilhelm, in a tailors shop during the First World War
Indian general store, Tabora, Tanzania, East AfricaIndian general store, Tabora, German East Africa (now Tanzania). The woman on the left is operating a Singer sewing machine. Date: circa 1910
Two ancient Greek women embroideringAn illustration of two ancient Greek women embroidering. This image was commissioned for Marcus Ward, Shakspeare Calendar design for 1923. Date: 1923
Queen Elizabeths Sewing Bee at Buckingham Palace, 1939Members of the Palace household and wives of employees of the Royal Mews assembled in the Blue Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace for Queen Elizabeths Sewing Bee
Lady from Vaud, Switzerland - Singer Sewing MachineLady from Vaud, Switzerland using a Singer Sewing Machine Date: 1894
Titanic - Survivors on board the TitanicSurvivors of the Titanic on board the Carpathia, the ship that rescued people who had escaped in lifeboats. The top picture shows women passengers sewing for the survivors and distributing clothes
Workers at Finns Shoe Factory, PenzanceRows of women working at sewing machines at Finns Shoe Factory - Penzanze, Cornwall
St Pancras Union School, Leavesden, HertfordshireTailoring class at the St Pancras Union Industrial School at Leavesden, Hertfordshire. Boys are engaged in cutting and sewing material, supervised by school staff
Albanians using a Singer Sewing MachineAlbania - An Albanian woman (with her proud husband alongside) using a Singer Sewing Machine
c. 1880s India - Indian servant - man sewingc.1880s India - Indian servant - man sewing
Staflex Iron-On Interlining for use in dressmaking. 1950s
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Carpet Weavers at work. Date: 1911
Advertising Postcard for Afrana Sewing Machines produced by Biesolt & Locke of at the Meissen Sewing Machine Works, Meissen, Saxony, Germany
Hilda of Whitby (614-680). Engraving. ColoredHilda of Whitby (614-680). British religious. Engraving in England, 1880. Colored
Singer Sewing Machine - Tailors Machine model 31K15. 1932
Singer Sewing Machine - one-drawer drop-leaf table. 1932
Bookbinding / DiderotThe interior of a French book binding establishment : preparing the leather, sewing the gatherings, making the boards, pressing the volumes. Date: circa 1760
