Wool Collection (page 4)

A wool washing machine in a woollen mill in Bradford, Yorkshire, late Victorian period

A sheep fleece from Australia at a woollen mill in Bradford, Yorkshire, late Victorian period

Raw wool being sorted at a woollen mill in Bradford, Yorkshire, late Victorian period

Wool from Australia arriving by train - Bradford
Wool from Australia arriving by train at a woollen mill in Bradford, Yorkshire, late Victorian period

A Woollen Mill in Bradford, Yorkshire, late Victorian period

Transporting wool from Sheep Station to the Railway Station
Transporting wool from the Sheep Station to the Railway Station for export, Australia, Victorian period

Preparing wool by compressing it with hydraulic press
Preparing wool for export by compressing it with a hydraulic press, Australia, Victorian period

Shearing a sheep, Sheep Station, Australia, Victorian period

Washing / dipping sheep, Sheep Station, Australia, Victorian period

Sheep Station, Australia, Victorian period

Ladies spinning wool, Horodoc, Poland, early 1900s

Woolbridge Manor House, near Lulworth, Dorset
Woolbridge Manor House, just outside the village of Wool, near Lulworth, Dorset. It was the inspiration for Wellbridge House

Dorchester - The Manor House, Wool, Dorset, associated with the novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based

An Embroidered Jumper for Coronation Year
Knitting pattern, An Embroidered Jumper for Coronation Year, with a lion design Date: 1953

Turkey. Men exercising in Tomak
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Men exercising in Tomak game. Martial art. Traditional game in which woll balls are used on leather straps. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot

Cottage Interior, Poland
This oil painting portrays a group of young girls, wearing colourful clothes, with a nanny, within a bedroom of a cottage in Poland, a black cat is with them, playing with a green ball of wool

The Paris Box
A still life painting of some balls of wool, with their entrails spilling out of a floral patterned cylindrical box, with a vase of poppies stood behind. Date: circa 1914

Silk and Wool Flowers
A reprodction illustration showing a display of silk and wool flowers, made by Mrs. Moira, wife of English painter, Gerald Edward Moira

A Girl Knitting, by Philippe Mercier
A Girl Knitting by German-French Huguenot artist Philippe Mercier Date: 1724

Textile fragments. Late Intermediate Horizon (1000-1450)
Textile fragments. There were different types of textiles qualities. During the Inca period, the finest was cumbi, made with vicuna. Central coast. Late Intermediate Horizon (1000-1450). Peru

Stealing wool to Fly a Kite, Henry cartoon by Carl Anderson Date: 1936

John Macarthur
A miniature portrait painting of the father of the wool industry in Australia, John Macarthur, 1767-1834. He was instrumental in organising a rebellion against the colonial government

The Wool Wagon
A pencil drawing showing a large, intricately designed wool wagon, beside which a man is seated, smoking a pipe, with his black dog. Date: circa 1922

Advert for Christmas dresses
Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove, promoting women's dresses in time for Christmas. Date: 1940

Elizabeth Arden dinner dress
A wool dinner dress from Elizabeth Arden, here accessorised with a gas-mask carrier. Date: 1940

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove capes
Advert for a range of wool capes available from Marshall & Snelgrove. They are being marketed as ideal for the air raid shelter. Date: 1940

Advert for Braemar Knitwear's cashmere twinset. Date: 1939

Isabel Jeans, actress, (1891-1985) studio fashion portrait, with fashion illustration. With description, Miss Isabel Jeans wears an unusual cocktail or cinema gown designed by Peggy Morris

Advertisement for Aquascutum, by Tom Purvis. Showing elegant man in Aquascutum coat, reading a magazine, whilst seated on a table

Advertisement from D H Evans & Co Ltd, for Hunting and Motoring Requisites, with illustrations showing ladies'felt hat, hunting veil, wool spencer garment and motor coat

A canoe-necked knitted top, with a beaded design. Date: 1954

Knitted jacket and slacks, with a fashionable nautical theme. Date: 1954

A striped jumper, knitted "on the cross". Date: 1954

A drop shoulder cardigan in honeycomb stitch, published with instructions on how to create the garment at home. Date: 1954

Some ideas and instructions for home knitting projects - a reversible cardigan and a jumper. Date: 1943

Advert for Harella coats, emphasising their smart fit from any angle. Date: 1943

Some ideas and instructions for home knitting projects - a twin set, and woollen stockings. Date: 1943

Designs for women's knitwear, published with instructions on how to make the garments at home. Date: 1943

Advert for Marshall and Snelgrove's range of printed silk frocks, worn with woollen coats. Date: 1932

Advert for Debenham & Freebody, showcasing their new styles of knitted frock for the spring. Date: 1932

A crocheted hat and a knitted and crocheted cravat scarf. The images accompanied instructions on how to create the garments yourself. Date: 1932

Advert for Jaeger Pure Wool, New Bond Street, Bath Date: 1902

Spanish Civil War poster, For the brothers on the front
Spanish Civil War poster in Catalan, For the brothers on the front -- Women! Work. PSU, UGT. Designed by Carles Fontsere. 1936

Tied up with wool, knitting. Text: I wish thread make their own socks by S. Hurley

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wool without coupons
The Caption is Wool without coupons. Although the card was posted in 1947, the drawing is about wartime clothes rationing which did not finish until 1949. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1947

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I m doin me knit
The Caption reads I m doing my knit - a play on the wartime need to do your bit. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1941

Viva Paris. Pierre Cardins suit in white wool gabardine (by Fournier) single-breasted with an officer collar and a front panel of semi-circular cutouts

Trades in Regency England: Turnery, broom-maker and paper making. Turner working on a wheel-driven lathe in a workshop in Tunbridge 22, broom-maker selling his wares door-to-door in Kent 23

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