Warp Collection

Warp winding machine, linen production, Victorian period

Linen manufacture, Warp winding machine

Hammersmith Rug
A photograph of a hand-knotted Hammersmith rug with fringe, woollen pile on cotton warp. The rug was designed by William Morris, with a border of peonies, with Chinese influence. Date: circa 1880s

Lace Making - first three processes
Lace Making - Winding and Threading, Bobbin Winding, Warping (1 of 2) Date: 19th century

Woman Working a Foot Pedalled Power Loom 1854
Factory woman seated at her frame, preparing the wasp for a handloom. At the time the population of upwards of 18, 000 people

Macclesfield Factory Girl Preparing Warp 1845
Factory girl seated at her frame, preparing the wasp for a power-loom in a large manufacturing town in the county of Chester

Fishermen and fishing boats, probably St Ives Cornwall
19th century vintage photograph: coiling the warp, fishermen and fishing boats, probably St Ives Cornwall

Two slatees guard a coffle of enslaved men, Senegal
Two armed Mandinka slatees (slave merchants) guard a coffle of six enslaved men, each wearing a heavy wooden neck collar supported by the man in front. Senegal, West Africa, 1800s

MOUNTING THE WARP
THE MANNER OF MOUNTING THE WARP (on a cane roll) Date: circa 1730

Advert for Dickins & Jones womens clothing 1912
Seletion of reduced womens clothing, Irish hand knitted golf coat, blouse robe ready fro wear of washing linen trimmed paisley embroidered lawn collar and cuffs

Silk Manufacture in China. 19th century

Royal wedding 1893 - weaving the wedding dress
The weaving of the wedding dress for the marriage of Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953) to George Duke of York(later King George V)(1865-1936)

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