Spinning Collection (page 4)

Man and woman from the Vallee dOssau, French Pyrenees, in traditional regional dress, c.1840 (engraving)
UIG5425627 Man and woman from the Vallee dOssau, French Pyrenees, in traditional regional dress, c.1840 (engraving); (add.info.: The woman is spinning yarn using a distaff)

Spinning at Leckford (b/w photo)
5987156 Spinning at Leckford (b/w photo) by Barton, Edward Alfred (1864-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spinning at Leckford)

Greek Costumes. Engraving in "The Peoples of the Earth" 1890
JAB5037213 Greek Costumes. Engraving in "The Peoples of the Earth" 1890.; (add.info.: Greek Costumes. Engraving in "The Peoples of the Earth" 1890.); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

19th century illustration showing Bohenberger's gyroscope 1895. A gyroscope is a device used for measuring or
5311570 19th century illustration showing Bohenberger's gyroscope 1895. A gyroscope is a device used for measuring or maintaining orientation and angular velocity

19th century illustration showing a toy gyroscope. 1880. A gyroscope is a device used for measuring or maintaining
5311568 19th century illustration showing a toy gyroscope. 1880. A gyroscope is a device used for measuring or maintaining orientation and angular velocity

Young Puritan woman reading while running with her wheel, 17th century. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4880704 Young Puritan woman reading while running with her wheel, 17th century. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Young Puritan woman reading while running with her wheel)

Carpet manufacture, 1843
3479017 Carpet manufacture, 1843; (add.info.: Carpet manufacture, Glasgow: combing wheel which brought the fibres parallel to each other ready for spinning, London)

A cottager spinning while her mother reels the yarn, 1850
3478144 A cottager spinning while her mother reels the yarn, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a cottager spinning while her mother reels the yarn)

Women operating a spinning machine to reel silk in a textile silk mill, 1843
3478863 Women operating a spinning machine to reel silk in a textile silk mill, 1843; (add.info.: Women operating a spinning machine to reel silk in a textile silk mill, Derby, England)

Greek mythology: Atropos, one of the three Cabinets, the relentless, who cuts with his scissors the thread of human
FLO4679944 Greek mythology: Atropos, one of the three Cabinets, the relentless, who cuts with his scissors the thread of human life - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf

Greek mythology: Lachesis, one of the three Cabinets, the divider, measures the thread of human life on a reel - Eau
FLO4679927 Greek mythology: Lachesis, one of the three Cabinets, the divider, measures the thread of human life on a reel - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf

An organ grinder and a poodle with spinning machine before an audience of fashionable women in bonnets with plumes
FLO4677598 An organ grinder and a poodle with spinning machine before an audience of fashionable women in bonnets with plumes, shawls and lace dresses

Cotton spinning: self-acting = automatic renvideur - engraving of " La France industrielle" by Bonnafoux
PCT4257312 Cotton spinning: self-acting = automatic renvideur - engraving of " La France industrielle" by Bonnafoux

Chinese woman reeling silk thread from wild silkworms, Bombyx mori, Qing Dynasty
FLO4590547 Chinese woman reeling silk thread from wild silkworms, Bombyx mori, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste

Foudrinier's machine for cutting paper into sheets. Engraving, c1851
866055 Foudrinier's machine for cutting paper into sheets. Engraving, c1851.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Man and woman from Vallee d'Ossau, French Pyrenees
864784 Man and woman from Vallee d'Ossau, French Pyrenees; (add.info.: Man and woman from the Vallee d'Ossau, French Pyrenees, in traditional regional dress)

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

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

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Ferrabee and Co's wool lap machine, from "The National Encyclopaedia
6428142 Ferrabee and Co's wool lap machine, from "The National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge", published c. 1890 (engraving); Photo © Ken Welsh

Cotton spinning and reeling.Mogadishu. Somalia. 1885 (engraving)
6947907 Cotton spinning and reeling.Mogadishu. Somalia. 1885 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cotton spinning and reeling.Mogadishu. Somalia)

A cottager spinning in her living room
5310277 A cottager spinning in her living room; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a cottager spinning in her living room. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Spinning and weaving wool in a monastery. Miniature taken from "Historia ordinis humiliatorum" of the 15th
GIA5033698 Spinning and weaving wool in a monastery. Miniature taken from "Historia ordinis humiliatorum" of the 15th century

Queen Berthe of Holland (died 1094) spinning the cattail near Uverdon - Painting by Albert Landerer (1816 - 1893), 1860
XEE5027275 Queen Berthe of Holland (died 1094) spinning the cattail near Uverdon - Painting by Albert Landerer (1816 - 1893)

Egypt: Cook cruise, on the Nile, on a wall of earth and accompanied by a goat and a turkey, a woman runs wool, 1900
LUX4779429 Egypt: Cook cruise, on the Nile, on a wall of earth and accompanied by a goat and a turkey, a woman runs wool, 1900; (add.info.: Egypt: Cook cruise, on the Nile)

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.

An old Breton in a headdress has her wheel, 1880
LUX4718066 An old Breton in a headdress has her wheel, 1880; (add.info.: An old Breton in a headdress has her wheel, 1880); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

Carding engine, 1845
3479127 Carding engine, 1845; (add.info.: Carding engine incorporating an early improvement which brought off carded cotton in a continuous sliver)

A Slubbing-Billy, 1850
3479650 A Slubbing-Billy, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a Slubbing-Billy; used to spin carded wool into rovings'. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The spinning jenny, a spinning machine invented by James Hargreaves (1720-1778) in the 1760s
NWI4952858 The spinning jenny, a spinning machine invented by James Hargreaves (1720-1778) in the 1760s. Colour engraving after a 19th century illustration.; (add.info.: The spinning jenny)

Wool manufacturing machine from the 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' "
FLO4593204 Wool manufacturing machine from the 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' " Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London

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

John Austin's steam-powered engine loom and shuttle, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by W
FLO4593220 John Austin's steam-powered engine loom and shuttle, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by W. Lowry after an Illustration by J

The fee of the flax flower in a white dress adorned with leaves, fruits and flowers flows linen - Eau forte by Charles
FLO4637543 The fee of the flax flower in a white dress adorned with leaves, fruits and flowers flows linen - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882)

Domestic interior with three generations
2602621 Domestic interior with three generations; (add.info.: Domestic interior with three generations round a stove. Grandmother spinning wood)

Scutching flax
3478865 Scutching flax; (add.info.: Scutching flax. Engraving after Daniel Nicolas Chodowiecki (1726-1801). Scutching is a step in the processing of cotton or the dressing of flax in preparation for

A cottager spinning while her mother reels the yarn, 1850
3478145 A cottager spinning while her mother reels the yarn, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a cottager spinning while her mother reels the yarn)

Foudrinier's machine for cutting paper into sheets. Engraving, c1845
866054 Foudrinier's machine for cutting paper into sheets. Engraving, c1845.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Zoetrope optical illusion disc
2623846 Zoetrope optical illusion disc; (add.info.: Zoetrope optical illusion disc which is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a man bowing)

A scene in Medieval England
3329502 A scene in Medieval England; (add.info.: Woodcut print depicting a scene in Medieval England. Dated 15th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Worker working on a Jacquard mechanical weaving machine in a textile industry in the United States, years 1880
NWI4826033 Worker working on a Jacquard mechanical weaving machine in a textile industry in the United States, years 1880

Hand spinning, carding and roving, 1848
3479121 Hand spinning, carding and roving, 1848; (add.info.: Hand spinning, carding and roving. The wire 'cards' or 'combs' are in the left foreground)

Duff's draw boy, a thread-arranging machine for a drawloom used in weaving, 19th century
FLO4593122 Duff's draw boy, a thread-arranging machine for a drawloom used in weaving, 19th century. Copperplate engraving by W. Lowry after an Illustration by J

Shearing machine used in wool manufacture, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by
FLO4593179 Shearing machine used in wool manufacture, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by J

Spinning Jenny, multi-spindle spinning frame invented by James Hargreaves, 18th century
FLO4593169 Spinning Jenny, multi-spindle spinning frame invented by James Hargreaves, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' " Cyclopedia or Universal

Women textile workers in a cottage in Wales, 1820
3479123 Women textile workers in a cottage in Wales, 1820; (add.info.: Circa 1820. Woodcut illustration of two women textile workers in a cottage in Wales)

Peoples of Africa, White Africa and Black Africa - Strong water extracted from the Encyclopedie of Natural History
FLO4727628 Peoples of Africa, White Africa and Black Africa - Strong water extracted from the Encyclopedie of Natural History: Humanite, by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811)

Female homeworker using treadle spinning wheel, 1880 (engraving)
863950 Female homeworker using treadle spinning wheel, 1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Female homeworker using a treadle spinning wheel)

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"Spinning through time: From Braidwater Spinning Mills to fairground carousels" Step back in time and witness the art at Braidwater Spinning Mills, located in the charming town of Ballymena. Feel the rhythm as a rock and roll dancing couple twirls across the dance floor, their moves reminiscent wheels in motion. In 1901, St Elizabeth of Hungary dedicated herself to spinning wool for the poor, showcasing how this ancient craft can bring warmth and comfort to those in need. Delve into German and Norse mythologies where tales spin intricate webs of gods and heroes, entwining fate with every turn. Ballerina Margot Fonteyn gracefully spins on her toes, captivating audiences with her ethereal movements that seem to defy gravity itself. Witness Mahatma Gandhi's peaceful revolution as he spins cotton at his wheel, symbolizing self-sufficiency and resistance against oppression. A Welsh woman sits by her spinning wheel in Wales, preserving traditions passed down through generations while creating beautiful yarns. Mill workers tirelessly spin thread in Rochdale, Lancashire; their skilled hands weaving fabrics that clothe nations around the world. The Ducati 999 F04 roars down Italian roads like a whirlwind - its speed matching the exhilarating sensation of being caught up in a cyclone. Sometimes life throws unexpected twists our way - just like "The Man Who Missed The Ball On The First Tee At St. Andrews, " reminding us that even when we stumble or miss our mark initially, there is always another chance to spin success from failure. Observe maple seeds taking flight on their unique spiral path; nature's own demonstration of perfect balance achieved through graceful rotation. And finally, let your heart soar as you ride a fairground carousel - its vibrant colors blending with joyful laughter as it spins you round and round.