Bayeux Tapestry. 1066-1077. Scene of the Battle of Hastings. Detail of the battle between the soldiers of William I of England and the Anglo-Saxons. Romanesque art. Decorative Arts; Tapestry. FRANCE
Bayeux Tapestry. 1066-1077. Battle of Hastings (1066). Detail. Romanesque art. Tapestry. FRANCE. Bayeux. Archaeological Museum
Dressmakers workshopStaff in the workroom of a dressmaker or outfitter. Clothes in various stages of completion are on dummies. The employees (all female apart from a solitary man with a tape measure around his neck)
Welsh woman with spinning wheel, WalesWelsh woman outside a cottage with a spinning wheel, Wales. Date: late 19th century
A Street Scene in Cairo, by Charles Robertson (1844-1891)
Cotton Dye WorksEmpire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Cotton Dye Works Date: 1927-1933
Cotton weaving shed, Preston, LancashireA huge cotton weaving shed at the works of Messrs Horrockses, Crewdson and Co Ltd of Preston, Lancashire, with people at work
Honiton Lace 1851A fearsomely intricate example of Honiton (Devon) lacework, exhibited by Mrs Treadwin of Exeter at the Crystal Palace exhibition
Horrockses, Crewdson & Co Ltd, Preston, Lancashire, office and factory -- trade design. 1920
Mill Workers - Spinning - Rochdale, Lancashire. Date: 1911
How Navajo Indian Rugs are made - USA Date: circa 1930s
Bayeux Tapestry. 1066-1077. Making a boat. Romanesque art. Tapestry. FRANCE. Bayeux. Archaeological Museum
Cotton weavers at their looms, Preston, LancashireWomen operating cotton weaving looms at the works of Messrs Horrockses, Crewdson and Co Ltd of Preston, Lancashire
Norway - Kautokeino - Sami People
Dressing Shetland ShawlsWomen from the Shetland Islands dress Shetland wool shawls on large racks Date: 1908
Dyeing Harris TweedProduction of Harris Tweed. An old woman from the island dyes the wool in a cauldron- like vessel which sits on an open fire
Tuscon, Arizona - Indian Blanket DepartmentUSA - Tuscon, Arizona - Indian blanket Department of R. Rasnessens Curio Store
Drying Harris TweedProduction of Harris Tweed. After the wool has been dyed, it is put out on a fence to dry
Spinning Harris TweedProduction of Harris Tweed. The wool is carded and spun; carding loosens the wool and ensure it is fine enough to spin
Silk Weaver 1855A Spitalfields weaver at work
Woman spinning - IndiaWoman spinning on a traditional hand-made wheel, India
Cotton Weaving / LancsCotton weaving, Lancashire
Dressing frame in a woollen mill in Bradford, Yorkshire, late Victorian period
Adverts, five Scottish businessesAdverts for R E Walker, Reid & Co Limited, Albany Works, Dunfermline, Inglis & Co, textile manufacturers, Dunfermline, Andrew Reid & Co, Pilmuir Works, Dunfermline, Hay and Robertson
Haslam Weaving Co Ltd, Bolton, LancashireConcerning Cotton - Haslam Weaving Co Ltd Bolton, Lancashire - Factory. 1920
Art Nouveau EmbroideryFour art nouveau embroidery designs by Ann Macbeth, one of the most gifted designers of the influential Glasgow School. Date: 1902
Lancashire Spinning Mill Victorian period
Repeating Pattern - Art Deco Woman - black background. *PLEASE NOTE that the magifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - Art Deco Women - dark blue background. *PLEASE NOTE that the magifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - Tea Cups. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Design for Dress Silk or Print in brown and black. Body colour. Gouache on tracing paper. Silver Studio. 1929
Dean Mills Cotton MillWomen working in the doubling- room at Dean Mills cotton-mill (between Bolton & Manchester, Lancashire)
Whitneys Cotton GinWHITNEYs GIN Eli Whitneys gin of 1793 enabled separation of cotton fibre from its seeds to be done mechanically : this is a modified version in use
Tompkins upright rotary knitting machine 1875Tompkins American family company, showing upright rotary knitting machine. Date: 1875
Amoskeag Corporation, Manchester, New Hampshire, USAWeave room in No. 11 Mill (a textile mill) of the Amoskeag Corporation, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. Date: 1911
Repeating Pattern - Skeletons (white background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*
Repeating Pattern - Heath Robinson MotorcarsRepeating Pattern - Wiliam Heath Robinson illustrations from How to be a Motorist - pale yellow background. *PLEASE NOTE that the magifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern
Advertisement for Sanderson Fabrics -- sun-resisting and washproof. Also mentioning the Sanderson range of wallpapers. Showing two fabric designs arranged in the shape of a large flower
Advert, P & R Sanderson, Tweed Mill, Galashiels, ScotlandAdvert for P & R Sanderson, Tweed Mill, Galashiels, Scotland. 1905
Mill Hill Spinning Co Ltd, Bolton, LancashireConcerning Cotton - Mill Hill Spinning Co Ltd, Bolton. 1920
Eckersleys Ltd, Wigan, Greater ManchesterConcerning Cotton - Eckersleys Ltd, Wigan, Greater Manchester. 1920
Tapestry of Creation. 1st half 12th c. Central detail. Creation of the heaven, earth and animal and vegetal life. Romanesque art. Tapestry. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Gerona
New Worshiping of the Beast. Apocalypse of AngersBATAILLE, Nicolas (14th c.). New Worshiping of the Beast. 1372 - 1382. Second Scene of the tapestry number 4 of the series Apocalypse of Angers commissioned by Louis I, Duke of Anjou
Cotton Warehouse 1930SMen loading a wagon with bales of cotton from a warehouse in Manchester, England. Date: 1930s
Waiting at the Cotton Gin - Memphis, Tennessee. A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds Date: circa 1910
Gordon Highlanders making kilts in the open airA group of soldiers from the Gordon Highlanders, some smoking pipes, sit outdoors making kilts. One of them is using a sewing machine
Old English Sheepdog turned into woolAn Old English Sheepdog with its enterprising owner, who has spun its coat into balls of wool for knitting
Native American BlanketsSix blankets made by Navaho weavers using traditional techniques, from the collection in the Indian Building in Albuquerque, New Mexico
