Silk Collection (page 7)

Summer Happening at Harvey Nichols
Shoot for Harvey Nichols - Summer Fashions ('Summer Happening') - bold patterned silk blouse and smart white trousers (best accompanied with large sunglasses!) Date: circa late 1960s

Model in strapless full-skirted dress with bow
Model in an unusual pose, spinning to show off the large silk bow on her new look strapless full-skirted dress. Date: circa 1951

Model with stylish short hair in profile
Fabulous portrait shot of a model with stylish short hair in profile. Date: circa 1950

Client: Linzi Dresses Ltd. - Trio of models
Client: Linzi Dresses Ltd. - Three models posing in colourful lace evening dresses - Models:s Lynch, H Dehn and H Bunny (?) - Shoot Date: August 27, 1956. (2/2) Date: 1956

Client: Linzi Dresses Ltd. - Trio of models
Client: Linzi Dresses Ltd. - Three models posing in colourful lace evening dresses - Models:s Lynch, H Dehn and H Bunny (?) - Shoot Date: August 27, 1956. (1/2) Date: 1955

White Net Evening dress by Elizabeth Henry
White Net Evening dress possibly by Elizabeth Henry - shoot: March 27, 1951 Date: 1951

Shoot for Dormy Blankets for Erwin Wasey - a Mother and young daughter. May 14, 1954 Date: 1954

Shoot for Dormy Blankets for Erwin Wasey. May 14, 1954 Date: 1954

Silk, 3, Reeling silk, Japan (colour litho)
8659424 Silk, 3, Reeling silk, Japan (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Silk, 3, Reeling silk, Japan)

The Beauty Of Aging
Treechild

abstract rose leaves
engin akyurt

close-up of a rose
engin akyurt

Twisting the separate threads (engraving)
8647247 Twisting the separate threads (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Twisting the separate threads)

Spreading the threads on the Yarn-Roll or Beam (engraving)
8647237 Spreading the threads on the Yarn-Roll or Beam (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spreading the threads on the Yarn-Roll or Beam)

The loom, furnished with Jacquard's Apparatus (engraving)
8647235 The loom, furnished with Jacquard's Apparatus (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The loom, furnished with Jacquard's Apparatus)

European garden spider, diadem spider (epeire diademe), Araneus diadematus
FLO4576270 European garden spider, diadem spider (epeire diademe), Araneus diadematus. Mass of spider eggs and young 1, and spiders spinning cobwebs and silk lines 2,3,4

Sailor's headscarf, which belonged to Samuel Enderby, c.1805 (red silk)
MMM5470316 Sailor's headscarf, which belonged to Samuel Enderby, c.1805 (red silk); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Sailor's scarf, which belonged to Samuel Enderby)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855716 Costume of St. Valery en Caux.; (add.info.: Costume of St. Valery en Caux. The bonnet is covered with blue silk and black velvet)

Silk woven carpet dating from the Sefevid reign of the Persian Empire. 16th century. Coming from Kasan, Iran
BEN5475188 Silk woven carpet dating from the Sefevid reign of the Persian Empire. 16th century. Coming from Kasan, Iran. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Photo © Raffaello Bencini.

Costume of Granville
5855761 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. A woman in her finery. It is not necessary to visit Granville to see this costume)

Cauchoise de Saint Valery
5855670 Cauchoise de Saint Valery; (add.info.: Woman of Saint Valery. She wears a bonnet of card covered in silk fabric, except for the top part)

Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk)
8701699 Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk) by Chinese School, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); 335.3x213.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk)
8701695 Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk) by Chinese School, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); 335.3x213.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk)
8701669 Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk) by Chinese School, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); 335.3x213.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk)
8701665 Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk) by Chinese School, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); 335.3x213.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The start of Sancho for the island of Barataria, detail character on the right side of the horse of Sancho.According to
JEB4882027 The start of Sancho for the island of Barataria, detail character on the right side of the horse of Sancho.According to the novel "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha"

The start of Sancho for the island of Barataria, detail scene from right down
JEB4881743 The start of Sancho for the island of Barataria, detail scene from right down, the young man in blue squatting near the horse

The start of Sancho for the island of Barataria, detail scene from right down
JEB4881724 The start of Sancho for the island of Barataria, detail scene from right down. According to the novel "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha" (Don Quixote)

The meal of Sancho in the island of Barataria, detail of the scene on the right
JEB4881392 The meal of Sancho in the island of Barataria, detail of the scene on the right. According to the novel "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha" (Don Quixote)

Hunter, hunter detail. Cartons of the curtain created by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, 1636-1699)
JEB4881071 Hunter, hunter detail. Cartons of the curtain created by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, 1636-1699), inspired by Jean Berain pere (1640-1711)

The fortune teller or the stop of the bohemians, hangings of Russian games, details of the child and the hens
JEB4880720 The fortune teller or the stop of the bohemians, hangings of Russian games, details of the child and the hens. Tapestry by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (Jean Baptiste Leprince)

The fortune teller or the stop of the bohemians, hangout of the Russian games. detail of the cart
JEB4880671 The fortune teller or the stop of the bohemians, hangout of the Russian games. detail of the cart. Tapestry by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (Jean Baptiste Leprince)

Don Quixote and the false Princess of Micomicon. According to the novel "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la
JEB4880514 Don Quixote and the false Princess of Micomicon. According to the novel "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha" written by Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote at the Montesinos Cave, detail by Don Quixote. According to the novel "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don
JEB4880455 Don Quixote at the Montesinos Cave, detail by Don Quixote. According to the novel "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha" written by Miguel de Cervantes

Musicians, detail of the bottom scene. Cartons of the curtain created by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
JEB4880194 Musicians, detail of the bottom scene. Cartons of the curtain created by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, 1636-1699), inspired by Jean Berain pere (1640-1711)

Frontispice de " Del mal del segno calcinacio o moscardino malattia che afflige i bachi da seta e sul modo di
XEE5028142 Frontispice de " Del mal del segno calcinacio o moscardino malattia che afflige i bachi da seta e sul modo di liberarne le bigattaje anche le piu infestate", 2 volumes, Lodi

Silk Worms - Silk Worms - Japan 1880-1910
CSO4981254 Silk Worms - Silk Worms - Japan 1880-1910 -; (add.info.: Silk Worms - Silk Worms - Japan 1880-1910 -); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024.

Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk)
8701691 Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk) by Chinese School, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); 335.3x213.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk)
8701688 Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk) by Chinese School, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); 335.3x213.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk)
8701685 Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk) by Chinese School, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); 335.3x213.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk)
8701684 Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk) by Chinese School, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); 335.3x213.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk)
8701662 Detail of Imperial Embroidered Silk Thangka, 1402-24 (silk) by Chinese School, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); 335.3x213.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Machines for silk manufacture: reeling, winding, throwsting, doubling and warping, 18th century
FLO4593333 Machines for silk manufacture: reeling, winding, throwsting, doubling and warping, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J

Silkworm breeding: chrysalis, butterfly, cocoon and worm on mulberry leaf - engraving by "France
PCT4257521 Silkworm breeding: chrysalis, butterfly, cocoon and worm on mulberry leaf - engraving by "France industrielle" 1880; (add.info.: Silkworm breeding: chrysalis, butterfly)

Workers weaving silk in China, 1833
3480180 Workers weaving silk in China, 1833; (add.info.: Workers weaving silk in China, 1833.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Gassing machine used for singeing silk thread, 1885
3480216 Gassing machine used for singeing silk thread, 1885; (add.info.: US silk production. Gassing machine used for singeing silk thread 1885.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Spitalfields silk weaver working at her loom, 1893
3480211 Spitalfields silk weaver working at her loom, 1893; (add.info.: Spitalfields silk weaver working at her loom in her cottage window)

Woman of Vicenza wearing large silk veil and holding a fan made up of many leaves, 1581
FLO4705460 Woman of Vicenza wearing large silk veil and holding a fan made up of many leaves, 1581. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture of

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Silk, the epitome of elegance and luxury, has a rich history that spans across continents and centuries. From the Map of the Empire of King Alexander the Great to The Royal Bride, it has adorned royalty throughout time, symbolizing opulence and refinement. In Fashions for 1954, silk took center stage as it draped gracefully on women with impeccable style. Just like a Twenties flapper girl sitting at a cocktail bar exuding confidence and allure, silk dresses accentuated their every move. The timeless beauty was captured in Reading Aloud by Albert Joseph Moore in 1884. Its delicate threads whispered stories from generations past while Working drawings by William Morris showcased intricate patterns woven into this luxurious fabric. Fred Archer's mastery behind the lens immortalized Burmese women donning their native attire made from vibrant silks. Their colorful garments reflected their culture's vibrancy and traditions. A red-headed girl seated in a sheer red dress evoked passion and sensuality through her choice of clothing. Silk clung to her curves like second skin, leaving little to the imagination but everything to desire. As Aphra Farquhar walked down the aisle wearing her wedding dress designed by Worth, all eyes were captivated by its ethereal beauty. Silk cascaded around her like a cloud of pure enchantment as she embarked on her journey towards eternal love. Good Morning. David Wright's artwork depicted an elegant woman wrapped in silk sheets as she greeted each day with grace and poise. The softness against her skin mirrored the gentle embrace of morning light. Even historical figures such as Henry Fiennes Pelham Clinton (1750-1778), Earl of Lincoln - Gainsborough Dupont recognized silk's allure when they chose it for their portraits. It became synonymous with power and prestige during those times. Silk is not merely a fabric; it embodies artistry, craftsmanship, and sophistication that transcends time.