Treadle Collection

Peasant Family in their Cottage, 1817. Creator: Cornelis Kruseman
Peasant Family in their Cottage, 1817. Mother spinning yarn as she minds her child, while her husband fills his clay pipe with tobacco

Mrs. Ball and group at Hamilton Hotel, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs
Mrs. Ball and group at Hamilton Hotel, between 1910 and 1920. Women sewing, USA. One uses a New Home sewing machine

Elderly woman sitting on porch spinning, c1894. Creator: Charles Richards Dodge
Elderly woman sitting on porch spinning, c1894

Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, FSA camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp in California, opens with prayer. [Note Singer treadle sewing machine]

Wood Spinning Wheel, c. 1938. Creator: Arthur Matthews
Wood Spinning Wheel, c. 1938

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

Musee du Louvre;collection des dessins, Le Remouleur
Musee du Louvre; collection des dessins, Le Remouleur, par Watteau; from Magasin Pittoresque, ca. 1852

Poem by Henjo Sojo, ca. 1766. ca. 1766. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
Poem by Henjo Sojo, ca. 1766

Hatters, milliners and tailors... 1871. Creator: Unknown
Hatters, milliners and tailors...1871. Hatters, milliners and tailors, some of whom are sitting cross-legged and sewing in the traditional way, but on centre left a sewing machine has been introduced

Staffordshire Processes, design for stained glass window, c1870, (1881). Creator: Unknown
Staffordshire Processes, design for stained glass window, c1870, (1881). Design For Window on the North Side of the Gallery...Containing Pottery in the South Kensington Museum, by William Bell Scott

William Lees Clever Stocking Frame, c1934. Illustration showing a machine for knitting stockings, invented by clergyman William Lee (1563-1614) in 1589

Wire being wound into springs for spring-locks, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

The Treadle spinning wheel, c1880. Artist: RC
The Treadle spinning wheel, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

The Weaver, 16th century, (1870). Artist: Jost Amman
The 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)

Knife grinder, 1808. Artist: William Henry Pyne
Knife grinder, 1808. An itinerant knife grinder using a treadle to turn his grindstone mounted on a barrow. His dog lies patiently at front right

Turning wood, 1754. Artist: I Hinton
Turning wood, 1754, taken from the New and Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences - Supplement (1754) by J Barlow. The plate shows two scenes of wood turning with two different kinds of treadle

Sewing machine by Isaac Merritt Singer, 1880. A woman operating a treadle version of the sewing machine invented by Isaac Merritt Singer (1811-1875) in 1851

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