Fabric Collection (#5)

Museum collection (Tresor de la cathedrale). Chasuble (Chasuble de Jean Chevrot). 15th century. Rear end. Detail
7142448 Museum collection (Tresor de la cathedrale). Chasuble (Chasuble de Jean Chevrot). 15th century. Rear end. Detail.; (add.info.: Tresor de la cathedrale, Tournai, Hainaut)

Museum collection (Tresor de la cathedrale). Chasuble (Chasuble de Jean Chevrot). 15th century. Rear end. Detail
7142445 Museum collection (Tresor de la cathedrale). Chasuble (Chasuble de Jean Chevrot). 15th century. Rear end. Detail.; (add.info.: Tresor de la cathedrale, Tournai, Hainaut)

The Great Bed, c.1585 (embriodery)
7141207 The Great Bed, c.1585 (embriodery); Parham House, West Sussex, UK; (add.info.: The interior of the bed dates from c.1585)

Detail from the Great Bed backcloth, c.1585 (embroidery)
7141203 Detail from the Great Bed backcloth, c.1585 (embroidery); Parham House, West Sussex, UK; (add.info.: The figure on the backcloth is reputed to resember the painting of Marie de Medici by)

Carding engine, 1862
7125205 Carding engine, 1862; (add.info.: Carding engine. Carding is a mechanical process which disentangles, cleans and intermixes fibres)

Woman of Fecamp
5855754 Woman of Fecamp; (add.info.: Woman of Fecamp. Like the serre-tete of le Havre, this one too is decorated only to the temples. She wears a cape with hood, and stands in the port)

Collegiate church ("Parochiekerk Sint-Walburga"). Interior. Tapestry. Verdure from Oudenaarde
7208870 Collegiate church ("Parochiekerk Sint-Walburga"). Interior. Tapestry. Verdure from Oudenaarde. Scene with lovers in a garden

History of Saint Piat and Saint Eleuthere, also called tapestry of Arras. Ordered from canon Toussaint Prier
7208802 History of Saint Piat and Saint Eleuthere, also called tapestry of Arras. Ordered from canon Toussaint Prier, chaplain of the duke of Burgundy, late 14th-early 15th century. 22m x 2m

History of Saint Piat and Saint Eleuthere, also called tapestry of Arras. Ordered from canon Toussaint Prier
7208799 History of Saint Piat and Saint Eleuthere, also called tapestry of Arras. Ordered from canon Toussaint Prier, chaplain of the duke of Burgundy, late 14th-early 15th century. 22m x 2m

History of Saint Piat and Saint Eleuthere, also called tapestry of Arras. Ordered from canon Toussaint Prier
7208798 History of Saint Piat and Saint Eleuthere, also called tapestry of Arras. Ordered from canon Toussaint Prier, chaplain of the duke of Burgundy

Flemis tapestry. Series The History of Thebe (De geschiedenis van Thebe-La Historia de Tebas)
7208458 Flemis tapestry. Series The History of Thebe (De geschiedenis van Thebe-La Historia de Tebas): Tidio and Polyneses (Tideus en Polineikes, Tidio y Polineces). Ca 1490-1500

Embroidered Walnut Armchair, c.1685 (wood, embroidery)
7141198 Embroidered Walnut Armchair, c.1685 (wood, embroidery); Parham House, West Sussex, UK; (add.info.: Birds, foliage and animals decorate the seat, while a formal banqueting scene)

Cretonne, 19th century (cotton)
BAL112315 Cretonne, 19th century (cotton); State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russia

Dressing and polishing the woven silk (engraving)
8647233 Dressing and polishing the woven silk (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dressing and polishing the woven silk)

Piercing the cards for the pattern (engraving)
8647230 Piercing the cards for the pattern (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Piercing the cards for the pattern)

Preparing the pattern for the loom (engraving)
8647229 Preparing the pattern for the loom (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Preparing the pattern for the loom)

Manufacture of Indian cashmere shawls (engraving)
8676629 Manufacture of Indian cashmere shawls (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Manufacture of Indian cashmere shawls)

Advertising card for Palmer's hammocks (colour litho)
8677803 Advertising card for Palmer's hammocks (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Cotton Field (litho)
8667410 A Cotton Field (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Cotton Field. Illustration for Views and Statistics of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company)

Second floor of Lace and Bonnet Store, Hanover Street, Boston, USA, 1852. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4826150 Second floor of Lace and Bonnet Store, Hanover Street, Boston, USA, 1852. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Second floor of Lace and Bonnet Store, Hanover Street, Boston)

Workers in front of their sewing machine in a textile factory, 1800s. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4827749 Workers in front of their sewing machine in a textile factory, 1800s. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Workers in front of their sewing machine in a textile factory)

Woman weaving under the porch of a wooden house in the Appalachians, United States, 19th century
NWI4882015 Woman weaving under the porch of a wooden house in the Appalachians, United States, 19th century. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Fragment of voluted roman oil lamp with erotic scene. 1st c. A.D. Roman art Early Empire. Terra-cotta. SPAIN
CUL4849935 Fragment of voluted roman oil lamp with erotic scene. 1st c. A.D. Roman art Early Empire. Terra-cotta. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. SPAIN

Silk workshop in China. 19th century colour engraving
NWI4858018 Silk workshop in China. 19th century colour engraving.; (add.info.: Silk workshop in China. 19th century colour engraving.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Portrait of Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), French mechanic, inventor of the Jacquard loom in 1801
ELD4846382 Portrait of Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), French mechanic, inventor of the Jacquard loom in 1801. Late 19th century (chromolithograph)

Indians of America: indigenous woman spinning cotton in the old-fashioned, mexico. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4900446 Indians of America: indigenous woman spinning cotton in the old-fashioned, mexico. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Indians of America)

Baroque art: "Still Life". Painting by Cristoforo Monari (Munari) (1667-1720)
VEN5032847 Baroque art: "Still Life". Painting by Cristoforo Monari (Munari) (1667-1720). Museo civico, Galleria Fontanesi, Reggio Emilia (Reggio Emilia); Museo Civico, Reggio Emilia

Printing, printer, case (locker) of character: composers in front of their desks
PCT4279485 Printing, printer, case (locker) of character: composers in front of their desks. engraving of "Histoire d'un livre" by C

Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece from Isfahan, early 20th century (circa 1900)
PCT4296255 Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece from Isfahan, early 20th century (circa 1900); (add.info.: Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece from Isfahan)

Egypt: Cook cruise, village on the banks of the Nile, at the stopover of the boat
LUX4779110 Egypt: Cook cruise, village on the banks of the Nile, at the stopover of the boat, shops of merchants offering tourists souvenirs, fabrics, sails, lace and flowers

International Centennial Exhibition (International Exhibition), Philadelphia, 1876
NWI4960258 International Centennial Exhibition (International Exhibition), Philadelphia, 1876. Machinery room, presentation of textile and spinning machines

bourgeoisie: Interior of the apartment of Tours des DE C*, 1922, Tours, France - Autochrome anonymous
LUX4696307 bourgeoisie: Interior of the apartment of Tours des DE C*, 1922, Tours, France - Autochrome anonymous; Private Collection; (add.info.: bourgeoisie)

The interior of the Skye Cottage, 1850
3477972 The interior of the Skye Cottage, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the interior of the Skye Cottage. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Science. Textile manufacturing. Boiler for the production of aniline (organic compound used in dyeing)
3434762 Science. Textile manufacturing. Boiler for the production of aniline (organic compound used in dyeing. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France)

A wool comber, 1850
3480149 A wool comber, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a wool comber; the comber would heat the combs in an earthenware pot containing a charcoal fire)

The picking of wool
3480144 The picking of wool; (add.info.: Line engraving depicting the picking of wool to separate it so that all parts of it will take the dye equally; English)

John Lombeof Derby, 1888
3480208 John Lombeof Derby, 1888; (add.info.: John Lombeof Derby (1693-1722), disguised as a poor out of work young man, secretly making drawings of the machinery in the Leghorn silk mills where he

Arkwright's water frame spinning machine, 1878
3480201 Arkwright's water frame spinning machine, 1878; (add.info.: Diagram of Arkwright's water frame; 1878. The water frame is the name given to a water-powered spinning frame which was an)

Hargreaves Spinning-Jenny
3480199 Hargreaves Spinning-Jenny'; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Hargreaves Spinning-Jenny'. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A winding engine, 1850
3480191 A winding engine, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a winding engine for winding cotton ready for use on the bobbin net machine. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Plans and sections of a carding machine, used for preparing fibers in cotton manufacture, 18th century
FLO4591970 Plans and sections of a carding machine, used for preparing fibers in cotton manufacture, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by James Burton from Abraham

Noblewoman of Lorraine, wearing an eccentric high headdress of linen. Illustration from Cesare Vecellio's Habiti
FLO4705852 Noblewoman of Lorraine, wearing an eccentric high headdress of linen. Illustration from Cesare Vecellio's Habiti Antichi e moderni, Venice, 1590

Bourses and purse, 15th century, decorative clasp - Chromolithography, drawing by Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck
FLO4643504 Bourses and purse, 15th century, decorative clasp - Chromolithography, drawing by Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903), for his book "Costumes

Linen and lace trimmed woman's band (collar)
3507385 Linen and lace trimmed woman's band (collar); (add.info.: Linen and lace trimmed woman's band (collar). Dated 17th Century.); Universal History Archive

British antiquite (pre-Roman period, before 1st century): great Breton festival in Stonehenge (England)
FLO4608252 British antiquite (pre-Roman period, before 1st century): great Breton festival in Stonehenge (England), druidic ceremony on the eve of May

A gig-mill, 1850
3480186 A gig-mill, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a gig-mill; used for Teazling woollen cloth. The teazle heads were set in long frames on a cylinder; a length of cloth would be fed)

The cropping of woollen cloth
3480173 The cropping of woollen cloth; (add.info.: Woodcut print depicting the cropping of woollen cloth. Woodcut by Jost Amman (1539-1591) a Swiss-German artist

The Wensleydale knitters, 1850
3480171 The Wensleydale knitters, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the Wensleydale knitters at Hawes; Yorkshire. Everyone can be seen knitting; even while walking to the market)

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"Unraveling the Threads of History: A Journey through the World of Fabric" From the intricate details of the Shroud of Turin in Chiesa della SS. Annunziata church, Turin to the iconic Bayeux Tapestry depicting scenes from 1066-1077, it has woven its way into our cultural heritage. In Paris, France, Europe, one can't help but marvel at the historical significance and religious symbolism behind these ancient textiles. The Shroud of Turin is believed by many to be Jesus Christ's burial cloth, while the Bayeux Tapestry vividly portrays events like the Battle of Hastings. But fabric isn't just a medium for storytelling; it also reflects societal changes and artistic expressions. Take Harvey Nichols' advertisement from 1953 - a testament to fashion's evolving trends and consumer desires. Traveling further afield brings us to Cairo's bustling streets captured by Charles Robertson's brushstrokes. Here we witness vibrant fabrics adorning locals as they go about their daily lives - an explosion of colors that mirrors Egypt's rich culture. Across continents, fabric continues to inspire creativity. Barribal's "A Golden Girl" showcases how this versatile material can be transformed into stunning works of art that transcend time and place. Delving deeper into different cultures reveals unique uses for fabric. From Muslim prayer carpets in Palestine Authority that provide comfort during worship to Costa Rican art celebrating indigenous traditions in Central America - each piece tells a story steeped in tradition and identity. Even closer to home lies everyday life captured through various lenses. Whether it be capturing moments with beloved pets or showcasing innovative designs like Art Gout Beaute’s 1924 creation Rubans de Paris on Maddox Street / St George Street – fabric becomes an integral part of our surroundings. Fabric threads together history, culture, artistry, and personal narratives across centuries and continents. It reminds us that beyond its practicality, a tapestry of human experiences.