Thread Collection (page 4)

Spinning wool - Tangiers, Morocco Date: circa 1910s

Norway - Traditional Costume - Mother and daughter
Norwegian Mother and daughter (and pet dog!) in traditional dress. Good examples of Hardanger embroidery or Hardangersom - a form of embroidery traditionally worked with white thread on white

Thread and Needle Street, St. Georges, Bermuda
Thread and Needle Street, St. George s, Bermuda Date: circa 1930s

Glove knitted from the beard threads of the pen shell (Pin
Made in the 1700s from the beard threads of the pen shell (Pinna nobilis), a large Mediterranean mollusc

The Magic Patches. Orphan girl Linda sews patches on the coat of a beggar-man

Old & Young Lacemakers
A young girl worker using a spinning wheel to spin thread for pillow lace, Honiton, Devon, England. Date: early 1930s

Pulling silk thread. Print shows two women preparing silk thread. Date between 1748 and 1754

The thread of life. Illustration shows the mythological figures of fate in the form of a man (representing Lachesis) labeled Commercial Lawlessness sitting with a pile of money on his lap

All goods sewed by the Double Thread Sewing Co s. patent process must bear their stamp. Date c1877

Ferguslie Thread Works of J & P Coats Ltd, Paisley, Scotland Date: circa 1920s

Barbours flax thread works. Patterson, New Jersey

Lititz, Pennsylvania. The oldest member of the Moravian sewing circle is in her nineties. Members of the circle quilt for anyone who wants it at the cost of one cent a yard of thread

Needle Rock, Fishguard, Wales
The Needle Rock at Fishguard, Wales. It is a dolerite stack with a hole through its base, standing 130 feet high. Showing locals rowing a boat through the opening

Indigenous Indians from Altiplano, Bolivia
Indigenous Indians from The Altiplano, Bolivia - likely to be of the Quechua people. Date: circa 1910s

Elderly Swiss Spinner at hew wheel. She is wearing a remarkable headdress / scarf and is working a very elegant wooden wheel. Date: circa 1910s

Royal wedding 1893 - the wedding dress material
The pattern of the wedding dress was selected by the bride herself, Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953)

Portugal - Woman spinning - Douro region
The Douro wine region is situated around the Douro river valley - this is an elderly lady from the region, spinning wool on her simple wheel. Date: circa 1910

West Africa, Sierra Leone - Spinning Cotton Date: circa 1910s

Amazing Thread Trick
How to put a thread into a candle flame without burning it! The silk thread is a good conductor of heat, so it passes the heat to a key and does not get burnt - wow! Date: 1930s

Making Queen Elizabeth IIs coronation robe
Miss Ruby Essan of Wimbledon engaged in her task of making the embroidered crown for the coronation robe of Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal School of Needlework

Sailmaker - Penzance, Cornwall
An elderly sailmaker (Arthur Willoughby), working in the traditional way in Penzance, Cornwall

Rolling Woollen thread - Patons & Baldwins
A male factory worker operates wool rolling machine at Patons & Baldwins Factory at Darlington. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Reels of woollen thread - Patons & Baldwins
A complex multi-level machine for rolling yarn onto circular spools, after the wool has been industrially spun at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Winding thread - Patons & Baldwins
Machines for Winding thread at Patons & Baldwins Factory in Darlington; one of the UKs leading manufacturers of knitting yarn. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Yarn rolling machine
A lady working at a complex multi-level machine for rolling yarn onto circular spools, after the wool has been industrially spun, at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Wool spinning - Patons & Baldwins
A view looking down a machine rolling yarn onto circular spools, after the wool has been industrially spun at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Patons & Baldwins - wool processing
A woman factory worker in blue uniform feeds light blue thread into a large piece of (possibly weaving?) machinery at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Balling up knitting yarn
The machine used to ball up knitting yarn ready for sale. Picture taken in the massive Darlington factory of Patons & Baldwins. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

A machine collects coloured yarn onto rolls
An employee checks a machine which is collecting different coloured wool yarns onto large rolls at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Industrial Yarn Spinning
A factory worker attends to an enormous yarn spinning machine at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington. Patons & Baldwins was a leading British manufacturer of knitting yarn

Muller Automatic Cone-winder
A factory worker operates a Muller automatic cone-winding machine, (used for clearing and winding single-spun yarns) at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Threads entering a weaving machine
A woman factory worker in blue uniform feeds light blue thread into a large piece of (possibly weaving?) machinery at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Banks of Winding machines for acrylic yarn
A seemingly never-ending bank of winding machines for acrylic yarns at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington. Patons & Baldwins was a leading British manufacturer of knitting yarn

Manufacturing Wool Yarn
The Worlds largest (at the time) single line of worsted carding machines for opening scoured raw wool prior to combing at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

A Machine Collects Woollen Thread on spools
A factory worker checks a machine rolling yarn onto circular spools, after the wool has been industrially spun at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

The Old Lady of Thread-needle Street in the Hands of Beauty
Bank of England in the 1920s. The demolition of part of the building allowed for the public to view the statues for the first time, which can be seen in this image

Les Invalides, Paris
A retired soldier mends his clothing in his room at Les Invalides, a hospital and retirement home for war veterans

Factory employee checks large Spinning Machine
A lady factory worker checks an immense spinning machine at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Lesson - Medieval France
PATIENCE A medieval lady teaches two young children to read the alphabet, whilst an older girl watches on holding a spool of wound thread

The threads of the railway timetable system. Arranging the running of the railway service, each section of the board represents one hour, which inturn is subdivided into five minute sections

EMBROIDERY
Photograph of a young woman sitting working on an embroidery ring

Spinning Flax at Home
A woman spins flax at home into thread for linen using a spinning wheel

Lace Advert & Samples
An advertisement for Urlings Lace, depicting their offices at 392 The Strand, London and giving samples of common lace, Urlings lace, Cotton and Urlings patent thread

Spinning Cotton / China
A chinese boy separate cotton thread using a bobbin and spinning device, with tension provided by a wooden spring tied to his back

Tramp Mending Clothes
Visible mending - a tramp shows a bit of leg as he mends his clothes on a bench in Hyde Park, London, England

Advert / Anchor Thread 1 / 2
Clarks Anchor Thread - balancing (1 of 2)

Making Model Ships
Grandfather teaches his grandsons how to thread rigging onto the model ship he is making. The two well- behaved boys look captivated

Women Reeling Thread
Women reeling thread into skeins at J & P Coats, Paisley

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