Textile Industry Collection (page 4)

The International Exhibition: carpet by Woodward Brothers and Co. 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: carpet by Woodward Brothers and Co. 1862. The carpet which we engrave...is an excellent illustration of a true treatment of a floor-covering

The International Exhibition: carpet by Watson and Bontor, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: carpet by Watson and Bontor, 1862. The ground is maroon, and the ornament is in two reds, with the exception of the little circular masses, which are in dark green

The International Exhibition: tapestries of Gobelins and Beauvais, and china of Sevres, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: tapestries of Gobelins and Beauvais, and china of Sevres, 1862. The large central tapestry, "The Assumption of the Virgin

Labourers loading sacks onto railway at factory warehouse, between 1905 and 1915
Labourers loading sacks onto railway at factory warehouse, [Russia/Central Asia?], between 1905 and 1915. The sacks are probably filled with raw cotton

The Zostera marina, or grass-wrack, Mr. Harben's proposed substitute for cotton, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Zostera marina, or grass-wrack, Mr. Harben's proposed substitute for cotton, 1862. The Civil War in America affected cotton imports needed to sustain the British textile industry

The International Exhibition: The Lady Godiva Ribbon, by J. Ratliff and Son, of Coventry, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: The Lady Godiva Ribbon, by J. Ratliff and Son, of Coventry, 1862. This work consists of a passage from Tennyson's poem "Godiva" illuminated in a masterly

The International Exhibition: Axminster carpet by Lapworth Brothers, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Axminster carpet by Lapworth Brothers, 1862. The carpet is not Indian, yet it is Indian in character...It is simple

The International Exhibition - "Girl of the Parish of Rattvik, in Decarlia, by the Fireside", by Johan Frederick Hockert, 1862. Engraving of a painting

Camel loaded with sacks, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Camel loaded with sacks, [Central Asia?], between 1905 and 1915. Camel laden with what is most likely grain or cotton. Camel caravans remained the most common means of transporting food

Man with camel loaded with packs, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Man with camel loaded with packs, between 1905 and 1915. Wearing traditional dress and headgear, a Turkmen camel driver poses with his camel, laden with what is most likely grain or cotton

Man standing next to cotton plants, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Man standing next to cotton plants at the Sukhumi Botanical Gardens, between 1905 and 1915. The moderate, Mediterranean-like climate of the Black Sea region allowed cultivation of crops that would

The International Exhibition: Honiton lace flounce by G. F. Urling, of Regent-street, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Honiton lace flounce by G. F. Urling, of Regent-street, 1862....one of the most exquisite examples of the fabric...for delicacy and perfection of workmanship

The International Exhibition: Honiton lace flounce by Debenham, Son, and Freebody... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Honiton lace flounce by Debenham, Son, and Freebody of Wigmore-street, 1862. The design consists of applique bouquets of English flowers

Manufacture of silk, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Manufacture of silk, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Man spinning in the shade of an alcove. In album: Views in Central Asia, Russian Empire, LOT 10338, no. 152

The International Exhibition - M'Dougall's Stall... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - M'Dougall's Stall - the Highlands of Scotland, 1862. Display of...choice specimens from their Royal tartan warehouse in Inverness

The International Exhibition: Sandford and Mallory's flax-gin, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Sandford and Mallory's flax-gin, 1862. Although of a very unpretending appearance, the flax-gin of America may claim a value for industrial usefulness greater than

Weighing cotton at Bombay for the English market, 1862. Creator: Joseph Austin Benwell
Weighing cotton at Bombay for the English market, 1862. Here...the bales are landed from Surat, Baroche, Cambay, and other parts of Guzerat, Kuttyawa

Shilling Day at the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Shilling Day at the International Exhibition, 1862. The International Exhibition of 1862 was a world's fair held in South Kensington, London

The International Exhibition: Tuer and Hall's power-loom for weaving carpets... 1862. Creator: E Bourdelin
The International Exhibition: Tuer and Hall's power-loom for weaving carpets - from a photograph by the Stereoscopic Company, 1862

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: cotton in its different stages, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: cotton in its different stages, 1862. Diagrams...to indicate the different stages of manufacture. Fig

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Fig. 3 the Lap-doubler; By this machine the slivers from the breaker carding-engine are formed into a

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Fig. 6 the Power-loom; Fig. 5. the Roving-machine. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Fig. 6 the Power-loom; Fig. 5. the Roving-machine. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Fig. 1 the Macarthy Gin; Fig. 4

Cotton manufacture: Platt's self-acting mule, or cottonspinning machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Cotton manufacture: Platt's self-acting mule, or cottonspinning machine, 1862. Processing cotton grown in India. These machines are used for the purpose of converting the rovings...into what is

The New French Treaty - No. II. Lyons and French Silks, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The New French Treaty - No. II. Lyons and French Silks, 1862. View of the Croix Rousse...[this] was for a very long period the head-quarters of the population of canuts

Interior of a Power-Loom factory, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Interior of a Power-Loom factory, 1844. We are persuaded that the annexed engraving will be interesting to our readers, in connection with the great question of " The Factory Bill

Woman on Veranda, Spinning... 18th century. Creator: Shunsho
Woman on Veranda, Spinning; another Pounding Cloth on Rock in Foreground, 18th century

Cotton-Mills, Rideles Bank, 1872. Creator: Granville Perkins
Cotton-Mills, Rideles Bank, 1872. Industrial buildings for milling cotton on the Brandywine Creek, Delaware, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

Love Conquered Fear, c1840. Creator: Auguste Hervieu
Love 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

How The Early Spinning Jenny Worked, c1934. Illustration showing the machine for spinning cotton, invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves. The accompanying text explains the mechanism

Love Conquered Fear, 1840. Michael Armstrong, adopted by a mill owner, embracing his brother Edward who is one of the ragged factory boys working amongst the spinning mules

Heckling hemp, 1866. Heckling is the process of combing hemp or flax to remove impurities prior to spinning. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining

Bessbrook Mills and village, County Armagh, Ireland, c1880. The model village of Bessbrook was founded in 1845. It surrounded a large linen mill owned by the Richardsons, a Quaker family

The Old Manor-House, Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, bithplace of Sir Titus Salt, c1880. Sir Titus Salt (1803-1876) discovered a method of blending alpaca wool with cotton and silk

Woman operating a power loom for weaving cotton, c1840. The model illustrated is that invented by Roberts (c1815-1820). Belting connecting to the drive shaft is shown at centre back of the picture

Workroom in the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, 1904. Supervised by the Tsarina and the Dowager Empress, dressings and gowns are being produced to be sent to Russians wounded in the Russo-Japanese War

Portion of an old broadcloth manufactury, Cranbrook, Kent, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Portion of an old broadcloth manufactury, Cranbrook, Kent, 1857....in this locality...cloth manufacture was at one period held in high repute; and Hasted, the historian of Kent

Ornamento delle belle & virtuose donne, title page (recto), 1554. Creator: Matteo Pagano
Ornamento delle belle & virtuose donne, title page (recto), 1554

The Hall-i'-th'-Wood, near Bolton, the residence of Samuel Crompton... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Hall-i'-th'-Wood, near Bolton, the residence of Samuel Crompton, where he invented the spinning-mule, 1862. Remains of many old trees cut down to their roots

The International Exhibition: grenadine crepe lace, by Messrs. Reckless and Hickling, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: grenadine crepe lace, by Messrs. Reckless and Hickling, 1862. The firm of Reckless and Hickling, of Nottingham, one of the oldest and most eminent in the trade

The International Exhibition: tunic lace flounce, by Messrs. Reckless and Hickling, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: tunic lace flounce, by Messrs. Reckless and Hickling, 1862. The firm of Reckless and Hickling, of Nottingham, one of the oldest and most eminent in the trade

The International Exhibition: Pusher lace shawl, by Messrs. Reckless and Hickling, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Pusher lace shawl, by Messrs. Reckless and Hickling, 1862. The firm of Reckless and Hickling, of Nottingham, one of the oldest and most eminent in the trade

The International Exhibition: Messrs. Harrison and Son's power-loom for weaving flax, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Messrs. Harrison and Son's power-loom for weaving flax, 1862. This loom combines many important improvements

Cotton-Store and Coolies, Bombay; Notes on Bombay and the Malabar Coast, 1875. Creator: C. B. Low
Cotton-Store and Coolies, Bombay; Notes on Bombay and the Malabar Coast, 1875. [Workers at a cotton warehouse in what is now Mumbai, India]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Cotton Store, Bombay; Bombay and the Malabar Coast, 1875. Creator: C. B. Low
Cotton Store, Bombay; Bombay and the Malabar Coast, 1875. [Workers at a cotton warehouse in what is now Mumbai, India]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Cloth-Stretcher, from the series "Twelve Types of Womens Handicraft (Fujin)
Cloth-Stretcher, from the series " Twelve Types of Womens Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni ko)", Japan, c. 1798/99

Weaving silk, plate 11 from the series "Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa)", Japan, c. 1772

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