Sews Collection

Welsh Lady using a Singer Sewing Machine
Seated Welsh Lady using a Singer Sewing machine in traditional costume, with a similarly-dressed lady alongside as well as a smart Welshman

Woman sewing
Woman sitting down sewing. Date: 1917

Making horse tack in a workshop
Two craftsmen preparing the leatherwork for horse tack; shaping, stretching and sewing the pieces to the correct shape and size. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Moroccan Pouf Makers
Moroccan Pouf makers

Japan - Zori Sandal maker
Zori Sandal maker, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Young woman using a Singer Sewing Machine Date: circa 1910s

JAPANESE HOUSEWIFE SEWS
A Japanese housewife in traditional costume, sewing some fabric together. Date: 1930s

A stitch in time saves nine 1866
A middle class mother sews her daugthers clothing with the little watching her. Date: 1866

BACHELOR / WORKMAN 1866
A young bachelor sewing his own clothes at home: Single Blessedness! Date: 1866

SOCIAL / US SEAMSTRESS 19C
A girl sews by candlelight in her apartment while a man drinks at the table and another person lies (ill?) in bed in the same room Date: 1872

GIRL SEWS / NEW YORK / 1872
A girl sews by candlelight in her apartment while a man drinks at the table and another person lies (ill?) in bed in the same room. Date: 1872

Cartoon, dressmaker at work
Cartoon, a dressmaker works by lamplight at a table. Her work hangs around her as she sews in poor light. Date: 1870

CHRISTMAS TREE & GUITAR CHRISTMAS TREE & GUITAR
A group of adults sit around the Christmas tree, one woman sews while a man plays a mandolin. Date: 1940

FRENCH BOURGEOISE SEWS
French bourgeoise sewing Date: 17th century

Advertising postcard - New Home Sewing Machine
The 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

Jones Sewing Machine - By Royal Appointment
Jones Sewing Machine - by Royal Appointment to both the former Queen Alexandra and current (then ) Queen Mary. Date: circa 1910s

Lady from Vaud, Switzerland - Singer Sewing Machine
Lady from Vaud, Switzerland using a Singer Sewing Machine Date: 1894

Albanians using a Singer Sewing Machine
Albania - An Albanian woman (with her proud husband alongside) using a Singer Sewing Machine

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

Cornish Grandmother repairs her Grandsons Clothing
No more Flora for you my Son!. A Cornish Grandmother takes her Grandson over her knee to repair his torn shorts, the result of too much enthusiastic running through the undergrowth

Sailmaker at work, Penzance, Cornwall
An elderly sailmaker (Arthur Willoughby), working in the traditional way in Penzance, Cornwall. circa early 1980s

Lacemaking at Bailleau, Nord department, Northern France
Lacemaking at Bailleul, a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Date: circa 1908

French woman using a sewing machine
Pretty French woman making her lacy underwear using a sewing machine. Date: circa 1909

The distress in Lancashire: Sewing for unemployed girls, 1862
Sewing school for unemployed factory girls, Zion Chapel, Stretford Street, Manchester. The girls, ranging in age from sixteen years old to adult women, have free use of the premises

French Lacemaker working on a large-scale piece. Date: circa 1910s

China - Young Street Tailor Girls. Date: circa 1906

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

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

A tale of Clarks O. N. T. Spool Cotton
A tale of Clarks O.N.T. Spool Cotton. Mournful the tale, and sad the sight, o, shed a tear for Joness plight. His clothes were new but ah, the cotton theyd sewed them with, alas was rotten

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A little bit behind
" A little bit behind!" - A kind young girl helps her boy chum who has torn his shorts and requires an urgent spot of patching-up! Date: circa 1942

Using a Singer Sewing Machine on the Caroline Islands - a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Date: 1894

Lady from Bulgaria using a Singer Sewing Machine, pictured with a Gentleman and another woman, also both in traditional costume. Date: 1894

Lady from Georgia using a Singer Sewing Machine, pictured with two other women working on needlecraft and a male musucian, sitting on the floor surrounded by elegant cushions. Date: 1894

Women Villagers weaving - Madeira, Portugal Date: circa 1910s

Tailor, India - Manufacturing Clothing Fabric Date: circa 1910s

Dining room, mid 19c
A dining room and study, possibly German. Three young women sit, one sews, one weaves, one produces a cross stitch or tapestry on a frame

Sailmaker - Penzance, Cornwall
An elderly sailmaker (Arthur Willoughby), working in the traditional way in Penzance, Cornwall

People from Archangel with their Singer Sewing Machine
People from Archangel, Russia with their Singer Sewing Machine in their tent - a seemingly improbable scene, but you never know!

Couple from Cyrene, Libya with their Singer Sewing Machine

Ladies from Greece using a Singer Sewing Machine
Two Ladies and a gentleman from Greece surrounding a Singer Sewing Machine

Lady from Londonderry using a Singer Sewing Machine
Lady from Londonderry, Northern Ireland using a Singer Sewing Machine

Ladies from Turkestan using a Singer Sewing Machine

Ladies from Edinburgh using a Singer Sewing Machine

A Woman from Boulogne using a Singer Sewing Machine
A Woman from Boulogne, France using a Singer Sewing Machine

Hatmakers from Georgia using a Singer Sewing Machine

Lady from Wurtemburg using a Singer Sewing Machine
Lady from Wurtemburg, Germany using a Singer Sewing Machine

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