Thread Collection (page 10)

Pouch, European, ca. 1840. Creator: Unknown
Pouch, European, ca. 1840

Bag, European, first quarter 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Bag, European, first quarter 18th century

Gloves, British, 1680-1710. Creator: Unknown
Gloves, British, 1680-1710

Gauntlets, British, 1680-1710. Creator: Unknown
Gauntlets, British, 1680-1710

Gloves, European, Eastern, fourth quarter 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Gloves, European, Eastern, fourth quarter 19th century

Catherine Brass Yates (Mrs. Richard Yates), 1793 / 1794. Creator: Gilbert Stuart
Catherine Brass Yates (Mrs. Richard Yates), 1793/1794

The Feast of Peleus, mid-late 19th century. Creator: Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
The Feast of Peleus, mid-late 19th century

Portrait of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, 1750-64. Creator: Allan Ramsay
Portrait of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, 1750-64

Lilium Auratum, 1871. Creator: John Frederick Lewis
Lilium Auratum, 1871

Medea, 1868. Creator: Frederick Augustus Sandys
Medea, 1868. Greek legend describes Medea as a sorceress and the wife of Jason. When he deserted her for another woman, Medea poisoned both her rival (Glauce) and her two children

Spinner from the Auvergne, 1830-99. Creator: Unknown
Spinner from the Auvergne, 1830-99

The Spinner, 1853. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
The Spinner, 1853

The Three Fates: Lachesis, Atropos and Klotho, 1513. Creator: Hans Baldung
The Three Fates: Lachesis, Atropos and Klotho, 1513

Plate 44 from Los Caprichos : They spin finely (Hilan delgado. ), 1799
Plate 44 from Los Caprichos : They spin finely (Hilan delgado.), 1799

The Three Fates Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, 1558-59. Creator: Giorgio Ghisi
The Three Fates Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, 1558-59. After Giulio Romano

The Winder, 1610-85. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The Winder, 1610-85

The Old Working Woman, ca. 1757-1804. Creator: Pietro Jacopo Palmieri
The Old Working Woman, ca. 1757-1804

Lady Threading Needle on Verandah, 19th century. Creator: Gakutei
Lady Threading Needle on Verandah, 19th century

Child Birth, from The Course of Human Life, 1570. Creator: Pieter Furnius
Child Birth, from The Course of Human Life, 1570

Lucretia and her handmaids spinning, 1537-45. Creator: Antonio Fantuzzi
Lucretia and her handmaids spinning, 1537-45. [...Lucretia, before whose bed were baskets full of soft wool. By a dim light the handmaids were spinning their allotted stints of yarn

The Daughters of Minyas, 1545. Creator: Antonio Fantuzzi
The Daughters of Minyas, 1545

Textile, Birds, Dragon, and Palmette Motives, Italian, 13th-14th century

The Flagellation, Italian, mid-14th century. Creator: Unknown
The Flagellation, Italian, mid-14th century. Needlework attributed to the Florentine Geri Lapi. Designer unknown

Spinning Wheel and Spools, 19th century. 19th century. Creator: Shinsai
Spinning Wheel and Spools, 19th century

Mrs. Robinson as Perdita, ca. 1779. Creator: Richard Cosway
Mrs. Robinson as Perdita, ca. 1779

Homespun, 1881. Creator: Thomas Eakins
Homespun, 1881

Francois de Jullienne (1722-1754) and His Wife (Marie Elisabeth de Seré
Francois de Jullienne (1722-1754) and His Wife (Marie Elisabeth de Sere de Rieux, 1724-1795), 1743

Woman Spinning Silk, dated 1790. Creator: Hokusai
Woman Spinning Silk, dated 1790

Virgin and Child with a Dragonfly, ca. 1500. Creator: Master of Saint Gilles
Virgin and Child with a Dragonfly, ca. 1500

Madame Adelaide tatting, 1756, (1903). Creator: Unknown
Madame Adelaide tatting, 1756, (1903). Madame Adelaide Faisant De La Frivolite, portrait of French princess Adelaide of France (1732-1800) tatting: a method of making lace with knots and loops

Cupids Spell, 1885, (c1930). Creator: Henry Woods
Cupids Spell, 1885, (c1930). Young man and woman sitting below a statue of Cupid, god of love, which is draped with fishing nets

The Tender Grace of a Day that is Dead, late 19th century, (c1930). Creator: Walter Langley
The Tender Grace of a Day that is Dead, late 19th century, (c1930). A woman looks wistfully out of the window as her son whittles a piece of wood, possibly for the toy boat in the window-seat

February - spinning, late 15th century, (1939). Creator: Robinet Testard
February - spinning, late 15th century, (1939). A man takes off his boots to warm his feet by the fire as a woman uses a wheel to spin thread

Female Spinning, Jaipur. Creator: Unknown
Female Spinning, Jaipur. Woman using a spinning wheel in Rajasthan, India. Postcard

Fisherwomen winding yarn for nets, Malta, c1928. Creator: Unknown
Fisherwomen winding yarn for nets, Malta, c1928. Women using a traditional yarn winder. From " Die Welt in Bildern", (The World in Pictures), cigarette card album, c1928

An Outdoor Scene of Women at Work, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
An Outdoor Scene of Women at Work, (c1900). Women winding wool and using spinning wheels in Llangollen, north-east Wales. Print after a watercolour made late 18th-early 19th century by Julius Caesar

Tailoring. Miniature in Tacuinum sanitatis, illuminated manuscript of the late 14th century

The Norns vanish, 1924. Artist: Arthur Rackham
The Norns vanish, 1924. Illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods. The cord which the Norns have been spinning snaps, they wrap the thread around themselves and disappear

La Sagrada Familia (The Holy Family with a Little Bird), c1650, (c1934). Artist: Bartolome Esteban Murillo
La Sagrada Familia (The Holy Family with a Little Bird), c1650, (c1934). A tender domestic scene showing Virgin Mary winding a skein of thread and watching the Christ Child

A Dayak girl at her spinning wheel, 1902.From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Costume of the commonality, 14th century, (1910). Every-day dress from the reign of Edward II ((1307-1327), featuring the pointed boot in vogue during the period

Spinning cotton, Japan, 1904. A print from Japan, its History, Arts and Literature, Volume V, by Captain F Brinkley, TC and EC Jack, 34 Henrietta Street, London WC2 and Edinburgh, 1904

Chinese silk weaving, 20th century

Iban woman making thread with a mangle, Borneo, 1922. Artist: Dr Charles Hose
Iban woman making thread with a mangle, Borneo, 1922. Illustration from Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume II, British Empire to Dahomey

Turkish Cypriot men spinning, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

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)

Weaving Irish linen, Lurgan, Armagh, 1936. Artist: Fox
Weaving Irish linen, Lurgan, Armagh, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Young girls, 13th century, (1910). The robes are looped up in festoons to prevent them trailing on the ground. Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London)

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