Wool Collection (page 11)

Animals at a French Zoo - Cashmere goat - Long haired goat. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo. A cashmere goat is any breed of goat that produces cashmere wool

Reeling Wool, Co. Antrim - a view of an old lady outside a cottage with a reel. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

Reeling Wool, Glendun - a view of an old woman outside a cottage reeling wool with a reel beside a spinning wheel. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Glendun). Date: circa early 1900s

Weighing Wool in the Market House, Ardara - a view of a group of men watching wool being weighed in a courtyard. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal; Ardara). Date: circa early 1900s

Spinning Wool, Glencolumbkille - a view of a woman and spinning wheel outside a thatched cottage. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal; Glencolumbkille). Date: circa early 1900s

Spinning and Reeling Wool, Inishowen - a view of two women, one spinning and one reeling, outside a thatched cottage with a man looking on. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Inishowen)

Spinning Wool for Donegal Homespun, Inishowen - a view of a lady with spinning wheel outside a thatched cottage. Beside her are children and a man looks

Carding Wool and Spinning With a Castle Wheel, Co Antrim - woman with spinning wheel surrounded by family outside thatched cottage. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

Irish Home Spun Spinning the Wool in the Glynns of Antrim - woman spinning with spinning wheel outside a thatched cottage with man looking on. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim)

Bathing fashions from Debenham and Freebody
Advertisement for Debenham and Freebody and their bathing suit fashions for 1934. On the left is the seasons swimming suit with a perfect fitting brassiere top

Fashions for the deck on summer cruising days
Suggested outfits to wear on a summer cruise or transatlantic voyage all from Debenham and Freebody. From left, a two-piece costume in scarlet wool with a smartly flared skirt

Spinning and Carding Wool, Co. Donegal - a woman with a spinning wheel and a young girl work outside a thatched cottage. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal). Date: circa early 1900s

Sheeps head on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Wolsey bathing suits and beach suits advertisement, 1931
Advertisement for Wolsey bathing and beach suits made of smooth, soft wool, with an elastic, close-ribbed knit that makes them fit, in the water or out of it, just like an extra skin. Date: 1931

Woman with snoring husband
A woman sits up in bed with cotton wool in her ears, kept awake by her snoring husband. Date: 1960s

Comic exaggeration card - The Wool Producers of Canada - giant sheep! Date: 1910

Happy Families - Mrs Teacher. circa 1940s

Loom. 19th century. Hungary
Loom for making rugs for the dowry of Hungarian women. 19th century. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Rug. 1890-1902. Romania
Rug, probably made for sale. 1890-1902. From Andrasfalva (Maneuti, Romania). Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Hand loom. Woman weaving. Hungary
Woman weaving on a hand loom. Interior of Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Flemish tapestry of Tournai. Detail
Flemish tapestry of Tournai. 16th century. Detail of a Portuguese nobleman and a native of Indies

Figurine depicting a carder at the 17th and 18th centuries. Sabadell History Museum. Catalonia. Spain

Wool and silk tapestry depicting a banker making a loan transaction and recorded in the ledger. Arithmetic. 1520, approx. Tournai

Shepherd spinning wool. 15th century

Cantigas de Santa Mari?a (Canticles of Holy Mary). Reign of Alfonso X of Castile, the Wise (1221-1284). Medieval lady spinning wool. Library of El Escorial. Madrid. Spain. National Heritage

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

Greetings card, babys knitted shoe
Greetings card in the shape of a babys knitted shoe. Date: circa 1890s

Knitting pattern for vest and knicker set for women 1930s
Soft and slimming ! Vest and knicker set knitted in petal-soft wool with simple trimming. 1930s

Furs Vaterland - German WW1 knitting postcard
German postcard featuring a row of little girls knitting For the Fatherland during the First World War. Civilians of all the warring nations knitted comforts for men serving at the front during this

Women police officers off duty in Section House
Women police officers off duty, relaxing in the Section House. Date: 1919

Gorringes exclusive knitted wear, 1924 advertisement
Advertisement for Frederick Gorringe of Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1 illustrated with examples of the various knitted items which will be in vogue for the coming season

George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo and the wool trade
George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo with a man at a pillar box. The man has dropped a book entitled The Wool Gatherer. From a series entitled Bonzo and the Bradford Wool Trade, painted for Ackroyd Bros

Woman / Tapestry 1930S
A woman sews a tapestry following a design drawn onto the canvas Date: 1930s

Skirt & Cape Suit 1930S
Navy blue suit, in a heavily textured wool, composed of a long line skirt & short cape worn over a beige angora jumper. N.B clutch handbag, leather gauntlets & felt hat. Date: 1930s

Dog Collects for Wool
Southville Beau, a Yorkshire Terrier, has collected three thousand pennies for the Wool Fund to knit socks and balaclava helmets for our boys in the trenches. Date: 1914 - 1918 war

Wool-Comber
A wool comber teasing out a bundle of clean wool on a comb which can then be spun Date: 1827

Advert for Dalys coats 1940
Smart, tailored coat in a large checked wool, with patch pockets & a belt. The naval officer alludes to the military styling (so patriotic in wartime!) 1940

Englishwoman 1070
Her gown has an embroidered neck, and is held at waist by a twist of wool : beneath, her chemise reaches to the ground Date: circa 1070

Algerian Carding Wool
An Algerian woman carding wool Date: 1906

Florence / Wool Market
The WOOL MARKET Date: 1927

Advert for Aquascutum coats 1912
Wrap-over full length waterproof coats for men and women. 1912

A Temporary Entenglement
Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman agrees to listen to the Suffragettes. Date: 1906

Advert for Simpson lastex swimwear 1938
Lastex rules the waves. Two women posing with their swim-suits made from wool lastex. 1938

Suffolk Shearling ewe breed of sheep
A Suffolk Shearling ewe Date: 19th century

Advert for Jays jersey knitwear for women 1937
Selection of jersey knitwear for women, including lace wool jumper with collar and jabot, smart twin set and knitted dress with long and contrasting cardigan and sash. Date: 1937

Man and Boy, Lavenda Hand Knit jumpers
Man and Boy in Lavenda Hand Knit jumpers. 1960s

Golfing couple in knitted jumpers
Golfing couple in ribbed knitted jumpers. 1960s

Two women and a girl in ponchos
Two women and a girl in knitted and crocheted ponchos. 1960s

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