Worsted Collection

Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead
A view over Newcastle (on the far side of the River Tyne) and Gateshead (in the foreground) during the great fire which killed more than 50 people and destroyed many buildings

Debenham and Freebody suit, 1954
A classic black suit from Debeneham and Freebody, finely tailored with black velvet collar and cuffs and made from the very best worsted barathea. Date: 1954

Trades in Regency Scotland: distillery, cannon boring and paviours. Workers distilling whisky in a distillery in Edinburgh 70, worker boring a cannon at Carron Works factory 71

Advert, James Templeton & Son, Ayr, Scotland
Advert for James Templeton & Son, Worsted Spinners, Ayr, Scotland. 1905

Woman spinner in bonnet and apron spinning wool yarn on a spinning machine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Wool comber using heated wool combs to pull a fine sliver of wool to be spun into yarn. Washed raw wool in a basket, and a clay comb-pot to heat the combs in the foreground

Tunic suit by Marcus and Otto Lucas hat, 1960
A tunic in fine black and white check wool worsted which buttons down the back worn over a straight skirt by Marcus and teamed with a black straw high-crowned hat by Otto Lucas. Date: 1960

Forage cap, peaked pillbox, West India Regiment, 189
Forage cap, peaked pillbox, warrant officers? or senior non commissioned officers?, West India Regiment, 1895 (c).Blue cloth crown and sides

New Wood Mill, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
The New Wood Mill, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA. At the time it was claimed to be the largest worsted mill in the world, with over five thousand employees. Date: circa 1905

Daks menswear advertisement, 1965
Stylish advertisement for a Daks summer suit in pure wool worsted available from Simpson of Piccadilly. Date: 1965

Pringle fashion 1965
A model wearing cashmere knitwear by Pringle of Scotland, the classic knitwear brand. The intarsia-patterned sleeveless sweater in pineapple and white is teamed with a classic pineapple cardigan

Susan Small advertisement 1965
Advertisement for the fashion house, Susan Small, featuring a model wearing a dress and jacket in fine worsted twill with a scarf tied around her neck. Date: 1965

Worsted manufacture- breaking, spinning and roving frame.. Equipment used in worsted manufacture: breaking frame, spinning frame and roving frame, 18th century

Broadhead Worsted Mills. Stock poster for woolens or tailors, showing a woman in riding clothes placing a letter in the hollow of a tree; a sign nailed to the tree is blank for later printing

Jacquard Card Making, Halifax
Jacquard Card Making at Akroyds Worsted Factory, Halifax. An operative punches Jacquard cards assisted by a boy cutting out blank cards. Date: 1844

Manufacturing Wool Yarn
The Worlds largest (at the time) single line of worsted carding machines for opening scoured raw wool prior to combing at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Business Suit 1939
Black worsted jacket, striped trousers for the businessman

Ackroyds Loom-Shed
The interior of Ackroyds loom-shed at Halifax, Yorkshire : for the production of worsted goods

Cooking Christmas Goose
An old lady in overalls cooks her Christmas goose on an open fire. She uses an old method, whereby the goose is suspended by and revolves on twisted worsted. Somerset, England

Pyne - Worsted Winder
A WORSTED WINDER The female figure... is employed in winding worsted upon bobbins, preparatory to its being placed ypon the loom, to weave into lace

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