Sewing Collection (page 7)

Woman / Tapestry 1930S
A woman sews a tapestry following a design drawn onto the canvas Date: 1930s

Two girls sewing
Two girls concentrating on their stitching. circa 1890s

Social / Working Lancs Man
A Lancashire working man, who now lives " rent free", in his " own home" - an idealised family scene Date: 1861

Sewing / Faggotting
Faggotting, the decorative joining of two pieces of cloth, to form a lacy opening, often worked on cotton, lace and silk. Date: 1930s

Advert for Clarks Anchor Threads 1925
Clarks Anchor Threads Date: 1925

French Girls School Sing
A singing lesson in a French girls school Date: circa 1820

Young ladies boarding school, c. 1770
A boarding school for young ladies. Date: circa 1770

Shaftesbury Home, Bisley - Farm School Tailors Shop
Shaftesbury Home, Bisley - boys sit cross legged or at sewing machines in the Farm School tailors shop. Date: 1890s

Advertisement, Swing Needle Embroidery Transfer
Advertisement, Dressing Table Mats, Swing Needle Embroidery Transfer. circa 1960s

Group of orphaned children during Revolution, Russia
A group of orphaned children who have lost their parents during the Revolutionary period in Russia, being taught to sew by their carers. Date: circa 1917

Islington Technical Home - Tailoring Shop
Boys at work in the tailoring workshop at the Islington Technical Home. One is using a sewing machine. The home was run by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: circa 1907

The Embroidery Frame by Bertha Newcombe
A young Victorian woman using an embroidery frame, a sewing box next to her and an example of her work, in the form of a sampler, seen on the wall behind her. Date: 1905

Tailors at Shaftesbury Homes, Fordham House, London
Boys training as tailors, some sewing by hand, others by machine, at the Shaftesbury Homes technical training school at Fordham House, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. Date: circa 1910

Hull Sailors Orphan Homes - Sewing
The Sailors Orphan Homes, Hull, also known as Newland Homes, established in 1895 by The Port of Hull Society. Girls sit sewing, one using a sewing machine. Date: circa 1907

Sewing Room at National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Herts
Girls in the sewing room at the National Childrens Home, Harpenden. Some sew by hand, others use sewing machines

Girls Hall at Mullers Orphan Homes, Ashley Down, Bristol
Girls Hall in House 5 at George Mullers New Orphan Homes, Bristol. The girls are occupied in sewing. The room is decorated for Christmas and the walls adorned with improving mottos. Date: early 1900s

Tailors Department, Barnardos Stepney Causeway, East Londo
Trainee tailors sew by hand or with sewing machine at Barnardos Boys Home, Stepney Causeway, East London. Date: early 1900s

Four kittens on a cutout greetings card -- The Sewing Circle. circa 1890s

Four sewing cats on a Christmas card
Four sewing and gossiping cats on a Christmas card -- The School for Scandal. Date: circa 1890s

Commercial Travellers School, Pinner - Girls Sewing Class
Commercial Travellers School, Pinner. Girls cutting out material and sewing by hand or by machine

Collectors card, nun working on a tapestry. Date: early 20th century

Advertisement for Holbrooks Fruit Sauce
Back of an advertisement for Holbrooks Fruit Sauce, of two bottles side by side -- actually an opened out needle holder. The verse describes how a husband would not eat any meat until his wife bought

Page design, secret societies, School Silhouettes
Page design for secret societies in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA. Depicting a young woman holding her finger to her lips

Costume designs, Weldons Beautiful Needlework
Costume designs and patterns for girls, a page in Weldons Beautiful Needlework magazine. Date: circa 1920s

Egyptian designs, Weldons Beautiful Needlework
Egyptian designs for home furnishings, an insert page from Weldons Beautiful Needlework magazine. Date: circa 1920s

Tapestry designs, Weldons Beautiful Needlework
Tapestry designs for home furnishings, a double page spread in Weldons Beautiful Needlework magazine. Date: circa 1920s

Cover design, Weldons Beautiful Needlework, No. 2, showing a young woman in a crinoline dress sewing. Date: circa 1920s

Women sitting at a table sewing arts and crafts. Date: circa 1920s

Women with display of homemade arts and crafts
A group of women with a display of homemade arts and crafts. Date: circa 1920s

Woman with display of homemade arts and crafts
A young woman with a display of homemade arts and crafts. Date: circa 1920s

Display of homemade arts and crafts. Date: circa 1920s

WW1 - German women make blankets out of newspapers at the Palace of the German Princess in Berlin. Date: 1915

Sewing Machine Repair Shop, Colchester, Essex
Sewing Machine Repair Shop, Colchester, near Manningtree, Essex, England. Date: 1910s

Pixie tailors
While one pixie irons the fabric, the other sews the parts together to make a garment. In pixyland buttons seem to grow in pots and threads hang down from trees. Date: c. 1930

Business as Usual revue - Knitting and Sewing scene
A scene from Business as Usual a new revue at the London Hippodrome with a vicar addressing a group of ladies who are knitting and sewing comforts for troops. Date: 1914

Hat factory sewing machine at Battersbys Stockport Hat works, destined for delivery to their other factory near Arras, France Date: circa 1908

Sewing machine at hatworks
Photographed at Battersbys hat factory in Turncroft Lane, Offerton Stockport, note the industrial sized cotton reel on top of the sewing maching. Date: circa 1906

Needlework for the war effort, Claridges Hotel, WW1
Women making woollen shirts for the war effort at Claridges Hotel, London, at the start of the First World War. The garments are destined for Lord Tredegars yacht

Making sphagnum moss dressings, Dartmoor, WW1
A group of cutters and machinists at Princetown on Dartmoor making cases for sphagnum moss which would become surgical dressings during the First World War

Willimantic Thread trade card, with the profile of a young woman in a red scarf. The Willimantic Thread Company won three medals at the New Orleans World Cotton Exposition of 1884 for the excellent

Advertisement for Fenwick tailoring
Advertisement for Fenwick ladies tailoring department, , with a silhouette of tailors at work by H.L. Oakley. Tailor gowns to order, twelve and a half guineas (just over thirteen pounds)

ITALY. Padua. Palazzo della Ragione. The spinner. 14th century. Fresco

The Needle Worker, WW1 knitting & sewing booklet
Front cover of monthly magazine, The Needle Worker, from the Great War period featuring a photograph of a Belgian kepi cap - the knitting pattern for which was inside. Date: c.1915

Weldons paper patterns for our troops, WW1
Page of items that could be made from Weldons paper patterns for soldiers during the First World War. Garments include night shirts, a bed jacket and a flannel helmet in a balaclava style. Date: c

Egyptian Gods Wall Hanging
Early 20th Century applique cloth picture wall hanging, a typical memento or souvenir from a visit to Egypt around 1910. Fragments of finely woven cotton materials sewn on more heavily textured

Lady Sclaters Hospital Supply Depot, WW1
Four photographs in the Sphere magazine reporting on the War Hospital Supply Dept opened in August 1915 by Lady Sclater, wife of Lieut.-General Sir H

Repeated design featuring knitted clothing, c. 1940s
A 1940s repeated pattern featuring knitted garments, needles and wool. c. 1941

1920s sewing machine
A stylish lady with bobbed hair uses a sewing machine on a work table, 1927. Date: 1927

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