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The Weaving Factory, ca. 1802. Creator: HokusaiThe Weaving Factory, ca. 1802
The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics, 1st series, vol. 1, January-June 1809. [Fabric samples]
Libbretto nouellamete composto per maestro Domenico da Sera... lauorare di ogni sLibbretto nouellamete composto per maestro Domenico da Sera...lauorare di ogni sorte di punti, title page (recto), April 12, 1532. [Title page with domestic scenes and textile production]
The Daughters of Minyas, 1545. Creator: Antonio FantuzziThe Daughters of Minyas, 1545
Reading the News at the Weavers Cottage, 1673. Creator: Adriaen van OstadeReading the News at the Weavers Cottage, 1673
Edmund Cartwright, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888
Love Conquered Fear, c1840. Creator: Auguste HervieuLove Conquered Fear, c1840. Ragged child workers in a Victorian textile factory. British writer Frances Trollope visited Manchester in 1832 to witness the condition of children employed in
Interior of a Weavers Workshop, 1747, (1925). Creator: William HogarthInterior of a Weavers Workshop, 1747, (1925). Plate 8 of 12 plot-linked engravings created by William Hogarth in 1747 for series Industry and Idleness. Plate 1 The Fellow Prentices at their Looms
Weaver of cloth, 1782. Creator: Pierre Sonnerat (after) (1745-1814)Weaver of cloth, from Voyage aux Indes et a la Chine, engraved by Poisson, 1782 (colour engraving). Hindu man seen sitting outside at a loom weaving cloth
Fustian Loom and Improved Slasher-Sizing Machine, late 19th century? Artist: George B SmithFustian Loom and Improved Slasher-Sizing Machine, late 19th century?
How Cloth Was Woven in Saxon England, c1934. Illustration showing women using primitive warp-weighted looms. The accompanying text explains the mechanism
Diagram of the Jacquard Loom, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]
Fabric of Seu d Urgell, made of silk, Pallia rotata type, made with a bow loom, Hispano-Arab, from Santa Maria de l Estany, 12th-13th centuries
Fabric of green eagles, made in silk, with a bow loom, Hispano-Arab, from the Cathedral of Barcelona, 11th-12th century
Fabric with lions, made in silk and gold, Pallia rotata type, made with a bow loom, Hispano-Arab, from Santa Maria de l Estany, 12th century
Piece of tissue, made in silk and linen, with eagles drawn, made with a smooth pedal loom, Hispano-Arab, from San Vicenc de Roda de Ribagorca, 12th-13th centuries
Farmfield Reformatory for Female Inebriates, Horley, Surrey, 1910. Women are supervised as they work in the weaving and spinning rooms at the establishment
The fellow prentices at their looms, plate I of Industry and Idleness, 1747; the scene is a Spitalfields silk-weaving shop, London
Power Loom (Side View), 1836, (1904). From Social England, Volume V, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]
Power Loom (Front View), 1836, (1904). From Social England, Volume V, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]
Weaving by Power Looms, 1835, (1904). From Social England, Volume V, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]
Iebu weaver, 1912. Artist: AW GelstonIebu weaver, 1912. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. II. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1912]
Kabyle weavers and native loom, Northern Algeria, 1912. Artist: LegrandKabyle weavers and native loom, Northern Algeria, 1912.. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. II. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1912]
Ribbon Weaver at His Loom, 1747, (1904). From Social England, Volume V, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]
The Return of Odysseus, c1508. Artist: Bernardino PinturicchioThe Return of Odysseus, c1508. From The Studio Volume 99. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1930]
The Art of Weaving, relief on the Duomo, Florence, Italy, mid 14th century (1925). Artist: GiottoThe Art of Weaving, relief on the Duomo, Florence, Italy, mid 14th century (1925). One of the reliefs on the campanile of the Cathedral of Florence
The Loom of Penelope, from the Chuisi Vase, Etruscan, c400 BC (1930). Penelope with her son, Telemachus. A scene from the Odyssey
Egyptian weavers, c3000 BC (1930). From a painting in the Hypogeum of Beni-Hassan. A print from A History of Tapestry, by WG Thomson, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1930
Harrisons Pneumatic Loom, 1886
Chinese silk weaving, 20th century
Araucanian woman weaving, Chile, 1922. Illustration from Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume II, British Empire to Dahomey, edited by J A Hammerton
Iban weaver, Borneo, 1922. Artist: Dr Charles HoseIban weaver, Borneo, 1922. Illustration from Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume II, British Empire to Dahomey, edited by J A Hammerton, (Educational Book Co)
Weaver, 16th century (1849). Artist: Jost AmmanWeaver, 16th century (1849). A 19th century version based on an original 16th century wood engraving. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud
Woman working in the silk industry, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)
Woman weaving with straw on a hand loom, Fiesole, near Florence, Italy, 1936. Artist: Donald McLeishWoman weaving with straw on a hand loom, Fiesole, near Florence, Italy, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)
Weaving Irish linen, Lurgan, Armagh, 1936. Artist: FoxWeaving Irish linen, Lurgan, Armagh, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)
Woman using a loom, Sweden, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)
Weaver, Muttra, 1917
Shawl weavers, Kashmir, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & UnderwoodShawl weavers, Kashmir, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card
Weaving at Spitalfields, London, 1747 (1894). From Hogarths Industry and Idleness series. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition
Carding, Drawing, and Roving, 19th century. Artist: J CarterCarding, Drawing, and Roving, 19th century. Scene in a Victorian textiles factory with looms powered by steam
Net loom in the Stuarts factory, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)
Great hall in Messrs Marshalls flax mill, Leeds, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)
Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and inventor, (1836). Artist: J ThomsonEdmund Cartwright, English clergyman and inventor, (1836). Edmund Cartwright (1743-1823) was an Anglican clergyman who lived at Marnham in Nottinghamshire
Weaving looms, 19th century. Dickinsons 37-inch reed space loom, Platts power loom for plain weaving
The Weaver, 16th century, (1870). Artist: Jost AmmanThe Weaver, 16th century, (1870). A wood engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)
Edmund Cartwright, (1743-1823), British clergyman and inventor of the power loom, Artist: J ThomsonEdmund Cartwright, British clergyman and inventor of the power loom, 19th century. In 1785, Cartwright (1743-1823) invented the mechanical loom
The Serbian pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris, 1900. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France