Textiles Collection (page 6)

Females sewing clothing, 1882
3479033 Females sewing clothing, 1882; (add.info.: Illustration shows two females sewing clothing. Dated 24th June 1882.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Grandmother using a treadle sewing machine, 1892
3479117 Grandmother using a treadle sewing machine, 1892; (add.info.: Grandmother is shown seated at a table using a treadle sewing machine, while the mother is looking after her 3 children)

Early textile machines
3329958 Early textile machines; (add.info.: Medieval illustration depicting early textile machines. Dated 16th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

New England cotton mill
2602545 New England cotton mill; (add.info.: New England cotton mill, USA. Woodcut, Chicago, 1872.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Hand block printing cotton, Manchester, England
2602742 Hand block printing cotton, Manchester, England.; (add.info.: Hand block printing cotton, Manchester, England. Engraving published Ongar, 1823.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Cross-section of the roller-gin
2602540 Cross-section of the roller-gin; (add.info.: Cross-section of the roller-gin to remove seed knots and dirt from raw cotton. Woodcut, London, 1849.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Woman working on a piece of needlepoint
2602736 Woman working on a piece of needlepoint; (add.info.: Woman working on a piece of needlepoint held in an embroidery frame. Engraving, London, 1893.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Woman working in an elastic mill
2602733 Woman working in an elastic mill; (add.info.: Woman working in an elastic mill, Leicester, England. Winding silk onto bobbins in a warping frame prior to using it to cover rubber strand)

Cultivation of cotton in China, 17th century (engraving)
2602538 Cultivation of cotton in China, 17th century (engraving); (add.info.: Cultivation of cotton in China, In foreground is a branch of cotton plant with ripe bolls ready for picking)

Young man holding a hank of knitting wool
2602707 Young man holding a hank of knitting wool; (add.info.: Young man holding a hank of knitting wool for his sweetheart to wind into a ball)

Cotton merchants at their stalls
2602535 Cotton merchants at their stalls; (add.info.: Cotton merchants at their stalls, surrounded by bales of raw cotton, Mumbai (Bombay), India

Mechanism of Whitney's saw gin
2602532 Mechanism of Whitney's saw gin; (add.info.: Mechanism of Whitney's saw gin for cleaning seeds from cotton bolls. Woodcut, London, 1849.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Finishers making small hand repairs
2602667 Finishers making small hand repairs; (add.info.: Finishers making small hand repairs to machine-made lace curtains before dispatch - Birkin's lace factory, Kimberley, near Nottingham)

A cottager making pillow lace
2602665 A cottager making pillow lace; (add.info.: A cottager sitting by her front door making pillow lace, Buckinghamshire, one of the main counties for making lace in England)

Cottager making pillow lace
2602664 Cottager making pillow lace; (add.info.: Cottager making pillow lace. Engraving, Ongar, 1823.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Advertisement for dress fabrics
2602644 Advertisement for dress fabrics; (add.info.: Advertisement for dress fabrics available by mail order from Lewis's, New Street, Manchester, Lancashire)

Young woman making pillow lace
2602640 Young woman making pillow lace; (add.info.: Young woman, seated outside her cottage door, making pillow lace. Early 19th century engraving.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Two women working on a piece of embroidery
2602639 Two women working on a piece of embroidery; (add.info.: Two young women working on a piece of embroidery. Engraving, London, 1841.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Hydraulic press for printing bandanas
2602634 Hydraulic press for printing bandanas; (add.info.: Hydraulic press for printing Bandanas (handkerchief squares) Montieth's Dye works, Glasgow, Scotland

Loading bales of cotton onto a steamboat on the Mississippi river, USA. Engraving, London, 1880
2602897 Loading bales of cotton onto a steamboat on the Mississippi river, USA. Engraving, London, 1880.; (add.info.: Loading bales of cotton onto a steamboat on the Mississippi river, USA)

Advertisement for Grover & Baker's sewing machine. Engraving, Birmingham, 1870
2602840 Advertisement for Grover & Baker's sewing machine. Engraving, Birmingham, 1870.; (add.info.: Advertisement for Grover & Baker's sewing machine)

Chardonnet silk - Rayon - the first commercially produced man-made fibre
2602616 Chardonnet silk - Rayon - the first commercially produced man-made fibre.; (add.info.: Chardonnet silk - Rayon - the first commercially produced man-made fibre)

Dyeing cotton, Lancashire
2602614 Dyeing cotton, Lancashire; (add.info.: Dyeing cotton, Lancashire, England. Preparing a dying solution by infusing Logwood sawdust in hot water)

Ladies selecting dress trimmings
2602610 Ladies selecting dress trimmings; (add.info.: Ladies selecting dress trimmings in a draper's shop. Woodcut, London, late 18th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Bales of cotton at the Mumbai railhead
2602554 Bales of cotton at the Mumbai railhead; (add.info.: Bales of cotton at the Mumbai (Bombay) railhead for export to Britain for the Lancashire cotton mills to supplement shortages caused by

Cotton spinning machinery, 1880 (engraving)
2602546 Cotton spinning machinery, 1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Cotton spinning machinery, Plan and elevation view of Scutching and Drawing machines)

Doubling flax yarn
2602763 Doubling flax yarn; (add.info.: Doubling flax yarn, Marshall's Flax Mill, Leeds, Yorkshire. Engraving, London, 1843.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Simple roller gin used in India and China
2602544 Simple roller gin used in India and China; (add.info.: Simple roller gin used in India and China for removing seeds from cotton bolls. Woodcut, London, 1845.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Hydraulic press for printing Bandanas
2602741 Hydraulic press for printing Bandanas; (add.info.: Hydraulic press for printing Bandanas (handkerchief squares) Montieth's Dyeworks, Glasgow, Scotland

Bowing cotton in China
2602539 Bowing cotton in China; (add.info.: Bowing cotton in China to remove seeds, dirt and knots and to make it soft and downy. Lithograph, London, c1850.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A Nottingham stocking weaver
2602713 A Nottingham stocking weaver; (add.info.: A Nottingham stocking weaver seated at a knitting frame. Engraving published at Ongar, 1823.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Young woman holding a hank of wool
2602708 Young woman holding a hank of wool; (add.info.: Young woman holding a hank of wool for her friend to wind into a ball. Engraving, London, 1881.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Cotton harvest, Alabama
2602536 Cotton harvest, Alabama; (add.info.: Cotton harvest, Alabama, USA, Cotton-picking machine pulled my mules. Illustration, Paris, 1893.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Women carrying hessian sacks
2602689 Women carrying hessian sacks; (add.info.: Women from Bermondsey, London, carrying hessian sacks they have made at home to the sack warehouse where they will be paid for their work)

Advertisement for Irish linens
2602686 Advertisement for Irish linens; (add.info.: Advertisement for Irish linens available by mail order from Anderson & McCauley, Belfast, published London, 11900.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Advertisement for dress fabrics
2602673 Advertisement for dress fabrics; (add.info.: Advertisement for dress fabrics available by mail order from Lewis's of Manchester, England, published London)

Linen manufacture
2602654 Linen manufacture; (add.info.: Linen manufacture, Flax spinning and preparing frame by P. Borrie of Dundee, Scotland. Engraving, Glasgow, 1888.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Calico printing with a cylinder machine
2602646 Calico printing with a cylinder machine; (add.info.: Calico printing with a cylinder machine, A separate cylinder was used for each colour)

Ladies' Paris fashions, c1860
2604821 Ladies' Paris fashions, c1860.; (add.info.: Ladies' Paris fashions, c1860.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Engraving depicting a middle class family at the kitchen table
3077847 Engraving depicting a middle class family at the kitchen table; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a middle class family at the kitchen table. Dated 18th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Photographic print of two men in traditional Norman costume
3077785 Photographic print of two men in traditional Norman costume; (add.info.: Photographic print of two men in traditional Norman costume. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Small girl minding the spools to see that all runs smoothly on machine winding cotton thread on bobbins for use in
531852 Small girl minding the spools to see that all runs smoothly on machine winding cotton thread on bobbins for use in making Nottingham machine lace

Lombe's silk mill, Derby, First water-powered textile mill in Britain c1720
865721 Lombe's silk mill, Derby, First water-powered textile mill in Britain c1720.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

A carpet manufactured at the Imperiale Des Gobelins, 1860 (engraving)
1579470 A carpet manufactured at the Imperiale Des Gobelins, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of a carpet manufactured at the Imperiale Des Gobelins, Paris)

Fashion pieces which mimics balloons
3732680 Fashion pieces which mimics balloons; (add.info.: Illustration depicting fashion pieces of a wealthy couple which mimics balloons. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Revivers
5616059 Revivers; (add.info.: Illustration depicting revivers, women who would mend and made presentable old clothes sold in the Petticoat Lane Market, London. Dated 19th Century)

The attack of Joseph Marie Jacquard, 1880 (engraving)
5616315 The attack of Joseph Marie Jacquard, 1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration depicting the attack of Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) a French weaver and merchant

A teacher with children
5616227 A teacher with children; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a teacher, at a 'Dame' school, spinning while supervising children as they learn to sew. Dated 19th Century)

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"Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Textiles: From Ancient Relics to Modern Craftsmanship" The Shroud of Turin: A mysterious textile that has captivated believers and skeptics alike, believed by some to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. Paris, France: A fashion capital known for its exquisite textiles and haute couture, where designers weave their creativity into stunning garments. Bayeux Tapestry (1066-1077): Depicting scenes from the Battle of Hastings, this iconic textile offers a glimpse into medieval warfare and Norman conquest in Europe. Hand block printing at Crysede Island Works: Witnessing craftsmanship from the 1930s in St Ives, Cornwall, as artisans meticulously create intricate patterns on fabrics using traditional techniques. A Street Scene in Cairo: Charles Robertson's painting transports us to Egypt's bustling markets filled with vibrant textiles that reflect the region's rich cultural heritage. Muslim Prayer Carpet: An embodiment of devotion and artistry from Palestine, this intricately designed carpet serves as a sacred space for prayer in the Middle East. Cotton Dye Works: Unveiling the behind-the-scenes process of transforming raw cotton fibers into colorful fabrics through dyeing techniques perfected over centuries. Dressmakers Workshop: Stepping into a world where skilled hands bring fabric to life; witness seamstresses crafting garments with precision and passion. Building Ships in Preparation for War (Bayeux Tapestry): Normandy's historical tapestry showcases how textiles played a role even beyond clothing - aiding shipbuilding during times of conflict. Death of King Harold (Bayeux Tapestry): This poignant scene reminds us how they are immortalize history; an arrow piercing King Harold's eye forever etched onto fabric threads. Clash between Norman Cavalry and Harolds Foot Soldiers (Bayeux Tapestry).