Textiles Collection (page 12)

Repeating Pattern - three women in scarves and hats, yellow
Repeating Pattern - Three women in scarves and hats (on yellow background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern

Repeating Pattern - Girl in Union Jack Flag Scarf, turquoise
Repeating Pattern - Girl in Union Jack Flag (in aquamarine blue / turquoise). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern

Repeating Pattern - Heart Lock in yellow
Repeating Pattern - Heart Lock (in yellow). *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 - Alice and Gardeners. *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 - Alice and the White Rabbit. *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 - Floral Assemblage of flowers
Repeating Pattern - Floral Assemblage - olive green 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.*

Japan - Silk Industry - Weaving the silk on a loom - seemingly at an exhibition. Date: circa 1909

Aleppo, Syria - Entrance to the Cotton Market (Souk). Date: circa 1910s

Kikuyu Hut - Kenya Date: 1920s

Design for Silk Scarf or Tie with horseracing scene. Watercolour and ink on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1953

Design for textile with geometrical shapes. Pencil and charcoal on detail paper. Silver Studio. 1933

Design for textile or wallpaper in blue and cream. Gouache on copy paper with ruled lines. Silver Studio. circa 1900

Bayeux Tapestry. 1066-1077. Transport of weapons and wine on a cart. Detail. Romanesque art. Tapestry. FRANCE. Bayeux. Archaeological Museum

Jacquard Loom 1804
JACQUARD LOOM First invented 1804 by J M Jacquard (1752-1834): this is probably a somewhat later modification. Date: 1804 and later

Christopher Dresser textile design 1899 Date: 1899

Merriecolour curtains advertisement, 1950s
Advertisement for Grafton Merricolour fabrics featuring a woman looking out of a window as her jolly Merricolour curtains flap in the breeze. 1950s

Prisoners spinning yarn - Yerwada Jail, India
Prisoners spinning yarn - Yerwada Jail, Pune, India (Gandhi was imprisoned here for a time, spinning thread whilst imprisoned). Date: circa 1908

Signs and Symbols on Native Indian Handicrafts
The Signs and Symbols used on indigenous native American handicrafts and jewelery. The Date: circa late 1930s

Bosnia Herzegovina - Trebinje. A group of Muslim Carpet and Textile sellers - two are seated and smoking a Hookah Pipe

Bursa - Interior of the silk textile works - Turkey
The interior of the silk textile works of Bay Freres, Bursa, Turkey. The textile manufacturers of Bursa were responsible for making the silk velvet covering for the Ka aba in Mecca

Group of Albanians and Woman in traditional costume

Princess Margaret
PRINCESS MARGARET Inspects nylon lace used in a ballgown designed by the fashion designer, Victor Stiebel, a favourite designer of the princess. Date: 1930-2002

First Mill textile factory, Leigh, Lancashire
Exterior view of the Firs Mill textile factory, Leigh, Lancashire

Bedfordshire Lace School. Date: circa 1905

Cape Coast Castle, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa
Cape Coast Castle, shopping street, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa. Date: circa 1905

The Cloth of the World, Horrockses, Crewdson & Co Ltd, Preston, Lancashire, an outline of the history of the company, dating back to the 18th century -- trade design. 1920

Scottish Highlander and woman spinning. circa early 19th century

Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine - Street Cloth seller. Date: 1905

The Bern Bear helps a Swiss woman with her yarn winding. Date: circa 1903

Sinhalese Lace Maker - Sri Lanka
A very attractive hand-coloured postcard showing a Sinhalese Lace Maker. The Sinhalese (Sinhala, Sinhala Jathiya, Hela or Sinhale) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the island of Sri Lanka

The Cotton Fairies -- trade design. 1920

Welchs Table-Cloth Printing Works, showing embossing presses, dye wheel, beck, and printing by hand. 1852

Mary Linwood, needlewoman and schoolmistress (1755-1845). circa 1800

London Trade Card - Benjamin Cole, textiles
London Trade Card - Benjamin Cole, at the Sun in St Pauls Churchyard, importing and selling cambrics, lawn, macklin, English lace and edging, wholesale and retail. 18th century

Dresses by Lanvin winter sportswear made from Rodier textiles. 1929

Celanese evening coat and dress, 1937
A dramatic evening coat in heavy Celanese crepe bavalo, worn over an evening frock of lustrous celanese boucle satin. Date: 1937

Lacemaking - Rapallo, Liguria, northern Italy
An elderly woman making lace under an archway on the waterfront at Rapallo n the province of Genoa, in Liguria, northern Italy - situated on the Ligurian Sea coast, on the Tigullio Gulf

Soho, London - 122 Wardour Street W1 -s &s Moss (Woollens) Ltd, opposite Broadwick Street. 1973

Myanmar - A weaver at work using a wooden frame loom Date: circa 1910

Hispano-Arabic. Piece of tissue with eagles. 12th-13th c. Li
Textile. Hispano-Arabic. Piece of tissue with eagles. 12th-13th century. Linen and silk. From Collegiate of St. Vicenc de Roda de Ribagorca. Episcopal Museum of Vic. Catalonia. Spain

Summer outfit by Elsa Schiaparelli
Photograph of a model wearing a coulotte suit styled by Elsa Schiaparelli in plain and checked Viyella. Date: 1939

Japan - Kabuki Theatre Performer - the reverse of this card shows that is was postcard published by Sapporo Brewery Company, Japan - welcoming the arrival of the British fleet

Poster advertising a Fashion Exhibition, Turin, Italy
Poster advertising the 2nd National Fashion Exhibition, taking place in Turin, Italy, 17-31 October 1933, with royal patronage. Date: 1933

Japanese outdoor auction - Fabric and Carpets being sold off by the look of it... Date: circa 1910s

Singer Sewing Machine - The Singer Way
Cover design, Singer Sewing Machine - The Singer Way. 1932

Singer Sewing Machine - portable model 99K. 1932

Singer Sewing Machine - hand machine model 99K. 1932

Singer Sewing Machine - model 66K. 1932

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