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How Navajo Indian Rugs are made - USA Date: circa 1930s
The parable of the laborers in the vineyard: The payment of the denarius. ca. 1500. Second Series cloth. Manufacturing in Brussels, possibly in the workshops of Pieter van Aelst
Lecture on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricityA lecture at the Charterhouse, London on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity. In the early eighteenth century, Gray demonstrated that charges of electricity could be conducted by some materials
Advert for Peri-Lusta cotton and embroidery threads, featuring illustration of languishing lady looking at embroidered household linens. Date: 1920s
Alyse Berton Draped in Raw SilkAlyse Berton, a Seattle resident, draped in raw silk. Seattle had become the most important silk port in the United States. Date: circa 1925
Spinning silk threads, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph
Cutting screw threads with hand chaser 1875Skilled operator cutting threads or screws on a lathe by hand. Date: 1875
Spinning machine or engine 1843A steam-powered silk spinning machine or engine at the Old Silk Mill, Derby. Date: 1843
Silk-doublers at work 1843Female silk doublers at their wheels at the Old Silk Mill, Derby. Date: 1843
Syrian Textile Weaver at work on his loom - Damascus. Date: circa 1920
Virtues win to Vices. Flemish tapestry 1510 cCrucifixion and Virtues win the battle to Vices. ca. 1510. Victory due to the sacrifice of Christ. Cloth number 7 of the series known as Redemption of Man or Vices and Virtues
Lullingstone Silk Farm, Ayot St. Lawrence, HertfordshireSkilled Silk Operator at her reeling machine at the Lullingstone Silk Farm, Ayot, House, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire. Date: circa 1930s
The Clove, used for Removing Shoves After Hand Scutching, ToThe Clove, used forRemoving Shoves After Hand Scutching, Toome - a view of a man and woman pulling flax threads with a clove. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Toomebridge)
Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Coronation robeCoronation robe (Cappa Leonis). 14th century. Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Germany
A Wire-DrawerA wire drawer reducing rods and threads of wire to smaller sizes for use in manufacture Date: 1827
Advert for Clarks Anchor Threads 1925Clarks Anchor Threads Date: 1925
Threads of Dutch linen and gold under a microscope.. Threads of Dutch linen 1 and gold 2 magnified under a microscope. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Friedrich Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder
Virtues win to Vices. Prophet ZechariahCrucifixion and Virtues win the battle to Vices. ca. 1510. Cloth number 7 of the series known as Redemption of Man or Vices and Virtues. Detail of the prophet Zechariah. Manufacturing in Brussels
Virtues win to Vices. Prophet IsaiahCrucifixion and Virtues win the battle to Vices. ca. 1510. Cloth number 7 of the series known as Redemption of Man or Vices and Virtues
Weaver 1827Weaving is the art of making threads into cloth. Here the Weaver is engaged at work at the loom (a machine by which several distinct threads of any kind are woven together). Date: 1827
Miss Faith Celli by Madame YevondeMiss Faith Celli (Dorothy Faith Standing, 1888-1942), by Madame Yevonde. She was an actress in plays including The Blue Lagoon and the comedy Threads at the St Jamess Theatre, London. 1921
A tale of Clarks O. N. T. Spool CottonA tale of Clarks O.N.T. Spool Cotton. Mournful the tale, and sad the sight, o, shed a tear for Joness plight. His clothes were new but ah, the cotton theyd sewed them with, alas was rotten
WW2 - Austerity - Getting by with Shreds and ThredsWW2 - Austerity - Getting by with Shreds and Threads. Lovely card by Evelyn E Morris, relating to the need for austerity during wartime and hence a lack of available cloth for new clothes or repairs
The Trojan War: Achilles Death. ca. 1470. Eighth cloth of the series, work of the Master of Co봩 vy, Henry or Conrard of Vulcop (active 1454-1479). Manufacturing of Tournai. Wool and silk
The Trojan War: Achilles Death. ca. 1470. Right scene. Detail of struggle of Achaeans and Trojans. Eighth cloth of the series, work of the Master of Co봩 vy
The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470. Detail of a squire of Hector. Sixth cloth of the series, work of the Master of Co봩 vy, Henry or Conrard of Vulcop (active 1454-1479)
The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470. Interview between Hector and Achilles and preparation of Hector for combat. Sixth cloth of the series, work of the Master of Co봩 vy
The History of Hannibal: Hannibals Oath. ca. 1570. Sacrifice and oath against the Romans in front of his father Hamilcar Barca. First cloth preserved in the series. Brussels manufacture
Tarquinius Priscus. ca. 1475. History of the founder and fifth king of Rome according to the account of Livy. Possible manufacturing in Brussels. Silk and wool. 6 threads per cm. Flemish art
The History of Hannibal: The crossing of the