Skein Collection

Woman spinner in bonnet and apron spinning wool yarn on a spinning machine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

The Winding of the Skein. 1870

Geese, Rutland Water
A flight of geese take off from Rutland Water in Leicestershire. They are silhouetted against a blank sky. A dead tree is in the foreground. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Women police officers off duty in Section House
Women police officers off duty, relaxing in the Section House. Date: 1919

C18 Weavers
A profile of the weavers loom : the spooler beside him is winding the skein of the woof onto quills Date: circa 1730

The end of the skein. Print showing an elderly couple balling a skein of yarn. They are sitting in chairs facing each other before a fireplace in an elegantly decorated room with a large urn with

JL. Cats cradles
Cats Cradles. Artist: John Lawson. A genre study of a little girl and boy in a sailor suit playing Cats Cradleswith a skein of wool Date: 1898

Skein-Winder - Hamon
The skein-winder A Mother and her daughter in Roman dress ball up lengths of wool in their villa

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