Textiles Collection (page 16)

E8Siege of Asilah
The Pastrana Tapestries: Siege of Asilah. ca. 1471 - 1475. Detail of a Portuguese soldier during the siege. Cloth number 2 of the series on the Conquest of Asilah

Siege of Asilah
The Pastrana Tapestries: Siege of Asilah. ca. 1471 - 1475. Detail of the Portuguese fleet. Cloth number 2 of the series on the Conquest of Asilah and Tangier in 1471 by Alfonso V of Portugal

7th trumpet. Apocalypse of Angers
BATAILLE, Nicolas (14th c.). The Seventh Trumpet: announce of Victory. 1375-1382. Seventh Scene of the tapestry number 3 from the series Apocalypse of Angers commissioned by Louis I, Duke of Anjou

Cotton carder, Jerusalem
Cotton carder working in a street, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

Weaver at a loom, Jerusalem
Weaver working at a loom, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

Advertisement for Sefton Fabrics
Advertisement for silks, sherevoiles and handkerchiefs from Sefton s, one of the leading manufacturers of fashionable textiles in the early 20th century. Date: 1920

A silk weaver of Spitalfields, 1840
A silk weaver of Spitalfields, sporting a top hat and churchwarden pipe. Date: 1840

Flower arrangement with daffodils and tulips in a green vase against a silky purple background

The Lady Land Leaguers at work, 1881
The Lady Land Leaguers at work: women of the Irish Land League pictured at their Dublin office in 1881. Whilst their male counterparts were imprisoned, the women continued the Land Leagues work

Old firefighting equipment in a museum
Old firefighting equipment on display in a museum -- the first form of pump and suction pipe and sailcloth hose, used by John van der Heyde, on loan from the Amsterdam Fire Brigade

Sefton Fabrics advertisement
Advertisement for Seftons Fabrics displaying a number of coloured patterns and designs. Date: 1918

Sefton fabrics featuring Eve, 1918
Advertisement for Sefton Fabrics, publicising their new materials featuring designs by Annie Fish and Rillette as well as other, unspecified but well known artists

Curtains for Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London
Women sewing curtains for the newly built Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The site was acquired in 1956, and Ralph Tubbs was appointed architect

Women with spinning wheel, Scotland
Two women and a girl sitting outside the Post Office with a spinning wheel and other equipment, Scotland. Date: late 19th century

Young woman spinning thread, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Men outside a Turkish bazaar. Date: circa 1870

Advertisement for Sixten & Cassey of Regent Street, London, who provided many of the beautiful damasks, velvets, satins and chintz used in the May Fair Hotel

1920s photograph album fabric
Floral fabric design from the 1920s, taken from a vintage photograph album. Date: c.1925

Courtaulds waterproof crape for mourning, 1915
Advertisement for Courtaulds Waterproof crape, available in the usual firm finish, or in a soft finish. Ideal for fashionable mourning and obtained from the leading drapers of the world. Date: 1915

Liberty jumper
Jumper in hand-printed crepe de chine, with collar and facings of plain silk, from Libertys own works at Merton Abbey. Available in a variety of designs and colours, costing 3

Business card design, young woman with textiles
Business card design, depicting a young woman in a red dress, sitting on rolls of textiles. Date: 20th century

Women looking in a shop window. Date: circa 1940s

Putnam Oil & Fertilizer Company Ginnery
Putnam Oil & Fertilizer Company Cotton Ginnery - Eatonton, Georgia, USA Date: 1907

Romanian Women spinning
A large group of Romanian Women spinning outside a thatched cottage in their village. Date: 1910s

Romanian Woman - making fabric
A lovely postcard photograph of a Romanian woman, working at a loom (to produce the highly patterned fabric used in traditional clothing) Date: circa 1910s

Flax Stacks
A completed row of flax stacks for the linen industry, in a farm in Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Harvesting Flax 1930S
Making flax into stacks on a farm in Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Grannie Makes Lace
Miss Mary Bates, aged 85, of Clifton Road, Cliftonville, Margate, England, can still see well enough to make lace pillow cases without the aid of spectacles. Date: early 1930s

Repeating Pattern - Variety of dessert dishes. *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 - Watermelons. *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 - Toy Drummers. *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 - Pineapples. *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 - Compote of Pears (red 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 - Grand Horse-drawn Carriage. *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 - Bowl of Pears - mirrored (yellow)
Repeating Pattern - Bowl of Pears - mirrored (yellow 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 - guardsmen, yellow
Repeating Pattern - guardsmen (with yellow 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 - guardsmen, red
Repeating Pattern - guardsmen (with red 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 - guardsmen, white
Repeating Pattern - guardsmen (with 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 - guardsmen, blue
Repeating Pattern - guardsmen (with blue 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 - guardsmen, green
Repeating Pattern - guardsmen (with green 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 - guardsmen, black
Repeating Pattern - guardsmen (with black 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 - peacocks, red
Repeating Pattern - peacocks (with red 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 - peacocks, blue
Repeating Pattern - peacocks (with blue 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 - peacocks, yellow
Repeating Pattern - peacocks (with yellow 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 - peacocks, white
Repeating Pattern - peacocks (with 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 - peacocks, green
Repeating Pattern - peacocks (with green 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.*

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