Textile Collection (page 30)

Jacques De Vaucanson
JACQUES DE VAUCANSON French inventor of textile machinery, also of automata including The Duck shown in this picture

Whitneys Gin
WHITNEYs COTTON GIN which enabled cotton fibre to be separated from the seeds mechanically

Arkwrights Spinning
ARKWRIGHTs SPINNING MACHINE The first machine to enable spinning to be done by machine

Cartwrights Loom
CARTWRIGHTs POWER LOOM Edmund Cartwrights steam- powered loom of 1785 enabled weaving to be carried out at vastly greater speed

Cromptons Mule Jenny
CROMPTONs MULE JENNY Samuel Cromptons spinning mule of 1779 had a moving carriage carrying the spindles

Hargreaves Jenny
HARGREAVES SPINNING JENNY James Hargreaves in 1767 invented this jenny which could spin 8 bobbins at once; later this was increased to 16 Date: 1767

Tending Textile Machines
Interior of cotton mill with man and woman bending over spinning machines

Cotton Mill Interior
A Lancashire cotton-mill

Lace making at home in Caen, Normandy, France
Lace making at home in Caen, Normandy, northern France

Check-loom with Jacquard attachment

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