Wool Collection (page 8)

Textile workers early 1900s

Clothes prop with comic verse on a Christmas card
Clothes prop with washing line and socks, with comic verse on a Christmas card -- including a Leap Year proposal in advance of the following year. Date: circa 1890s

Old English Sheepdog turned into wool, Cornwall
An Old English Sheepdog with its enterprising owners, who spin its longhaired coat into balls of wool for knitting, at home in Mullion, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Advert for Lillywhites summer sports clothing 1930
Fashions for all summer sports, available at Lillywhites, Piccadilly. 1930

Margaret Vyner, 1940
Margaret Vyner, wife of actor Hugh Williams, sporting an outfit made from wool designed by Norman Hartnell, who was at the time dress-maker to the Queen. 1940

Grenadier cap, officers, 43rd Regiment of Foot, 1740-1749. Metal and silk thread embroidery on velvet and wool. This officers cap displays the white horse and motto of the house of Hanover

Children playing at the beach
Young children playing on the beach with a shovel and bucket. Altl are wearing charming fashions from Gnooch s, Brompton Road, London

Aquascutum coat, 1954
A stone-coloured coat made in blended wool and cashmere cloth, with a pale velvet half collar and horn buttons suggestive of an Edwardian dandy. The car is an Austin Healey 100. Date: 1954

Advert for Braemar Scotlands finest knitwear 1935
Womens botany, fine lambswool and pure cashmere cardigans. 1935

The Early Iron Age. The bog body from Huldremose in Djursland from 100 AD. The woman wore a skirt of wool, a scarf and two fleece capes. Her hair was tied up with a long woollen cord

Winter sports outfit by Elsa Schiaparelli
Illustration showing a sweater with adjustable high collar, bonnet and high woollen leggings by Elsa Schiaparelli. 1928

Girl and boy in knitted cardigans. The price of the pattern is shown in both old and new currencies (one shilling equalling five pence). circa 1971

Two nuns in Eastbourne, Sussex - one of them is knitting. Date: circa 1960s

Charles Creed suit, 1965
Advertisement for Charles Creed and a suit in a basket weave wool tweed with a contrasting bolero top in velvet with the trim repeated on the jacket collar and cuffs. Date: 1965

Balenciaga and Givenchy fashions, 1961
Illustration depicting ensembles designed by Balenciaga and Givenchy in 1961. From left, (1) wool coat with large black overcheck reversing to black

Nina Ricci cape coat 1961
Cape coat in pebble wool in a rich marron glace reversing to stone designed by Jean Crahay at Nina Ricci. The dress underneath is of the same marron colour and is slim-fitting

Maternity wear by Motherhood, 1965
Mrs Peter Blond (aka the model Virginia Wynne-Thomas) pictured wearing a simple maternity shift dress in Liberty-print wool of marigold colours on black with double frills at the elbows

Schiaparelli ski oufit, 1929
A ski-ing outfit by Elsa Schiaparelli featuring loosely cut breeches in dark blue toile and a novel fitted jumper, pointed hood-like cap

David Before Saul. Flemish tapestry 1525 c
David before Saul. ca. 1525. Series of History of David. Cardboard by Bernard van Orley. Manufacturing in Brussels. Silk and wool. 560 x 410 cm. Flemish art. Tapestry. SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON

What to Knit for Baby - childrens knitting book
Charming illustration on the front cover of a knitting book published by Scotch Wool and Hosiery Stores. Date: c.1930

WWII knitting booklet, Home Front Woollies
Front cover of a knitting booklet produced by Weldons featuring a variety of patterns to make garments for war workers from a resolute looking member of the Home Guard to female members of the armed

WWII knitting, New Woollies for soldiers, sailors & airmen
Front cover of a knitting booklet from the Second World War published by yarn manufacturer Weldon, featuring woollen garments which could made for men in the armed services

Mittens and body belt, WW1 knitting, comforts for troops
Patterns for mittens and a body belt (designed to keep the midriff warm), two items of clothing which could be knitted for soldiers at the front featured in a Great War era knitting booklet published

Helmet with cape pieces by Marjory Tillotson, WW1 knitting
Pattern from a Baldwins knitting booklet during the First World War for a wool helmet with cape pieces to protect the neck and chest designed by the leading knitting expert

Weldons garments & hospital comforts, knitting booklet, WW1
Be useful in this time of war. Front cover of a Weldons booklet with instructions on how to make a variety of garments for soldiers and hospital comforts for wounded men

Sentinel knitting booklet, socks, WW1
Front cover of the Sentinel Knitting Booklet published by Charles Sykes and Co, of St. Andrews Mills, Bradford during the First World War

Knitted helmet, WW1 knitting, comforts for soldiers
Photograph and pattern written by Marjory Tillotson for Baldwins yarn manufacturers, to make a knitted helmet with cap pieces - one of numerous comforts for soldiers suggested during the First World

Advert for Burberry winter coats 1924
Heavy wintert overcoats, provide comforting warmth through the soft, luxurious qualities of fine woola and thus they combine. Date: 1924

WW1 knitting - comic postcard, Naughty Netta
Naughty Nettas Knitting Knickers for the Seat of War. Humorous postcard inspired by the national effort of knitting comforts for soldiers during the First World War

Advert for Wolsey pure wool underwear 1914
Advertisement for Wolsey pure wool underwear, made in Britain, by Britons. September 1914

Advert for the Olva sleeping blanket, WW1
Advertisement for the Olva improved sleeping blanket, a great improvement on the ordinary sleeping bag. Invaluable for officers on active service

American ladies coat fashion 1924
Collection of 1920s American coats, from a clothing catalogue. Date: 1924

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pleated skirts 1950
Give her a lovely NEW Gor-ray pleated skirt. With its permanised knife-edge into sheath-fitting, single material over the hips, it is the most flattering of all skirts. 1950

Cyprus - Women Spinning wool
Cyprus - Cypriot Women Spinning wool and working at a loom. Date: circa 1906

A Tunisian Arab Woman spinning wool using a hand spindle Date: 1908

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