Backcloth Collection (#9)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Bache; Rick-cloth; Heuschober (engraving)
7194796 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Bache; Rick-cloth; Heuschober (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bache; Rick-cloth; Heuschober)

Flemish tapestry. Series Moralities: The virtue of the honours (De deugd van de Honores, La Virtud de los honores)
7207220 Flemish tapestry. Series Moralities: The virtue of the honours (De deugd van de Honores, La Virtud de los honores). Ca 1520

Flemish tapestry. So called Verdure (Landschap met water, bomen en fazanten). Atelier of Oudenaarde. 277x200cm
7207336 Flemish tapestry. So called Verdure (Landschap met water, bomen en fazanten). Atelier of Oudenaarde. 277x200cm. Inv 00012. 17th century

Flemish tapestry. The goose game (Het ganzenspel). Atelier of Oudenaarde. 341x395cm. Inv (83058)-7 / 0008. 17th century
7207330 Flemish tapestry. The goose game (Het ganzenspel). Atelier of Oudenaarde. 341x395cm. Inv (83058)-7 / 0008. 17th century

Flemish tapestry. Series The Passion of Christ. Fall on the way to Calvary (Caida en el camino del Calvario)
7207312 Flemish tapestry. Series The Passion of Christ. Fall on the way to Calvary (Caida en el camino del Calvario). Second tapestry in the series. Models Cartoonist Bernard van Orley

Flemish tapestry. Series The Labours of Hercules. Hercules captures Cerberus (Hercules captura a Cancerbero)
7207291 Flemish tapestry. Series The Labours of Hercules. Hercules captures Cerberus (Hercules captura a Cancerbero). Sixth tapestry in the extant series. Model Unknown

Flemish tapestry. Series The Labours of Hercules. Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides
7207290 Flemish tapestry. Series The Labours of Hercules. Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides (Hercules en el jardin de las Hesperides). Fifth tapestry in the extant series. Model Unknown

Flemish tapestry. Series Triumphs and battles of Archduke Albert. Assault on the town of Calais
7207284 Flemish tapestry. Series Triumphs and battles of Archduke Albert. Assault on the town of Calais (Asalto de la plaza de Calais). Second tapestry in the series

Flemish tapestry. Series Story of Theseus. Theseus presents the head of the Minotaur to the King and Queen of Crete
7207279 Flemish tapestry. Series Story of Theseus. Theseus presents the head of the Minotaur to the King and Queen of Crete (Teseo presenta a los Reyes de Creta la cabeza del Minotauro)

Flemish tapestry. Series Vertumnus and Pomona. No IV Vertumnus transformed into a pruner (Vertumno y Pomona IV)
7207277 Flemish tapestry. Series Vertumnus and Pomona. No IV Vertumnus transformed into a pruner (Vertumno y Pomona IV (Vertumno transformado en podador)

Flemish tapestry. Series Story of Cyrus. No V Combat between two warriors and the death of Cyrus
7207275 Flemish tapestry. Series Story of Cyrus. No V Combat between two warriors and the death of Cyrus (Combate de dos guerreros y muerte de Ciro). Anonymous, based on Michiel Coxcie

Flemish tapestry. Series The Passion of Christ; The way to Calvary and encounter with Veronica
7207272 Flemish tapestry. Series The Passion of Christ; The way to Calvary and encounter with Veronica (Camino del Calvario y encuentro con la Veronica)

Diocesan museum (Museo Diocesano). Flemish tapestry. Brussels. Atelier Francois Geubels. Series Story of Gideon
7207262 Diocesan museum (Museo Diocesano). Flemish tapestry. Brussels. Atelier Francois Geubels. Series Story of Gideon. The warriors are chosen (La eleccion de los guerreros). Silk and wool

Flemish tapestry. Series The Book of Judith. Return to Bethulia (Regreso a Betulia). Eighth tapestry in the series
7207253 Flemish tapestry. Series The Book of Judith. Return to Bethulia (Regreso a Betulia). Eighth tapestry in the series. Manufacture Netherlands, Brussels(?). Second half of the 16th century

Flemish tapestry. Series The History of Hannibal. The crossing of the Alps (Paso de los Alpes)
7207233 Flemish tapestry. Series The History of Hannibal. The crossing of the Alps (Paso de los Alpes). Second tapestry of those preserved. Models Anonymous master of the Netherlands

Flemish tapestry. Series Fable of Ovidius: The rob of Ganymedes. Atelier Willem de Pannemaker, Brussels. Before 1556
7207222 Flemish tapestry. Series Fable of Ovidius: The rob of Ganymedes. Atelier Willem de Pannemaker, Brussels. Before 1556

Flemish tapestry. Series The passion of Christ: Descent from the cross (Kruisafneming, Descendimiento de la cruz)
7207210 Flemish tapestry. Series The passion of Christ: Descent from the cross (Kruisafneming, Descendimiento de la cruz). Manufacture Pieter van Aelst. Cartoonist Jan van Roome. Ca 1507-1520

Apocalypse Tapestry, Cartons of the painter Hennequin de Bruges, atelier Nicolas Bataille
7208101 Apocalypse Tapestry, Cartons of the painter Hennequin de Bruges, atelier Nicolas Bataille. no 15, Les quatre vents, 1373-1380 (textile) by Bataille, Nicolas (fl)

Apocalypse Tapestry, Cartons of the painter Hennequin de Bruges, atelier Nicolas Bataille
7208100 Apocalypse Tapestry, Cartons of the painter Hennequin de Bruges, atelier Nicolas Bataille. no 13, Cinquieme sceau: Les ames des martyrs, 1373-1380 (textile) by Bataille, Nicolas (fl)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Soie (Tisseur en); Silk-weaver; Seideweber (engraving)
7197582 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Soie (Tisseur en); Silk-weaver; Seideweber (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Soie (Tisseur en); Silk-weaver; Seideweber

Horses hauling bales of wool, Australia (b / w photo)
7150597 Horses hauling bales of wool, Australia (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eighteen horses hauling bales of wool to the railway, Australia)

Linen. 1929 (engraving)
6437542 Linen. 1929 (engraving) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Art of living. Fashion. Sale of home textiles, le Blanc: sheets, cushions, tablecloths)

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Decor for the ballet "The Rite of Spring"by Igor Stravinsky
3743172 Decor for the ballet " The Rite of Spring" by Igor Stravinsky, 1945 (tempera on canvas) by Roerich, Nicholas (1874-1947); State Russian Museum, St

Weaving (colour litho)
3630329 Weaving (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Weaving. Illustration from Meyers Konversations-Lexicon, c1895.); © Look and Learn

Designs for Textile Fabrics, reproduced from the Pattern-Book of a Persian Designer (chromolitho)
5221778 Designs for Textile Fabrics, reproduced from the Pattern-Book of a Persian Designer (chromolitho) by English School

L Ornement Des Tissus: XVIth-XVIIIth Century, du XVIe au XVIIIe Siecle, XVItes XVIIItes Jahrhundert (colour litho)
6016954 L Ornement Des Tissus: XVIth-XVIIIth Century, du XVIe au XVIIIe Siecle, XVItes XVIIItes Jahrhundert (colour litho) by French School

L Ornement Des Tissus: Italy, Italie, Italien (colour litho)
6016923 L Ornement Des Tissus: Italy, Italie, Italien (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Italy, Italie, Italien)

L Ornement Des Tissus: XVIth Century, XVIe Siecle, XVItes Jahrhundert (colour litho)
6016920 L Ornement Des Tissus: XVIth Century, XVIe Siecle, XVItes Jahrhundert (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: XVIth Century, XVIe Siecle)

L Ornement Des Tissus: Middle Ages, Moyen-Age, Mittel-Alter (colour litho)
6016909 L Ornement Des Tissus: Middle Ages, Moyen-Age, Mittel-Alter (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Middle Ages, Moyen-Age, Mittel-Alter)

L Ornement Des Tissus: I-VIIth Century, du Ir au VIIe Siecle, I-VIItes Jahrhundert (colour litho)
6016906 L Ornement Des Tissus: I-VIIth Century, du Ir au VIIe Siecle, I-VIItes Jahrhundert (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: I-VIIth Century)

L Ornement Des Tissus: Middle Ages, Moyen-Age, Mittel-Alter (colour litho)
6016902 L Ornement Des Tissus: Middle Ages, Moyen-Age, Mittel-Alter (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Middle Ages, Moyen-Age, Mittel-Alter)

Tapestry depicting the Coronation of the Virgin (colour litho)
977835 Tapestry depicting the Coronation of the Virgin (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tapestry depicting the Coronation of the Virgin)

A Roman atrium (pen & ink on paper)
CTS407563 A Roman atrium (pen & ink on paper) by Jones, Inigo (1573-1652); eThe Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; English

King Louis XIV of France and Jean-Baptiste Colbert (chromolitho)
2788806 King Louis XIV of France and Jean-Baptiste Colbert (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Louis XIV of France and Jean-Baptiste Colbert)

Decor for "Peer Gynt"by Henrik Ibsen, 1912 (pastel on paper)
3511923 Decor for " Peer Gynt" by Henrik Ibsen, 1912 (pastel on paper) by Roerich, Nicholas (1874-1947); Bakhrushin Theatrical Museum, Moscow, Russia; Photo eFine Art Images; Russian

L Ornement Des Tissus: Persian, Persan, Persisch (colour litho)
6016967 L Ornement Des Tissus: Persian, Persan, Persisch (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Persian, Persan, Persisch)

Decorative art show rooms (b / w photo)
6007765 Decorative art show rooms (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Decorative art show rooms)

L Ornement Des Tissus: XIVth Century, XIVe Siecle, XIVtes Jahrhundert (colour litho)
6016908 L Ornement Des Tissus: XIVth Century, XIVe Siecle, XIVtes Jahrhundert (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: XIVth Century, XIVe Siecle)

L Ornement Des Tissus: I Century, Iers Siecles, I Jahrhundert (colour litho)
6016901 L Ornement Des Tissus: I Century, Iers Siecles, I Jahrhundert (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: I Century, Iers Siecles, I Jahrhundert)

The Temple of Apollo (pen & ink on paper)
CTS407592 The Temple of Apollo (pen & ink on paper) by Jones, Inigo (1573-1652); eThe Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; (add.info)

Scene from an unidentified play in the Cockpit-in-Court, 1639 (pen & ink on paper)
CTS407589 Scene from an unidentified play in the Cockpit-in-Court, 1639 (pen & ink on paper) by Jones, Inigo (1573-1652); eThe Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; (add.info.: Royal Cockpit theatre)

Proscenium and standing scene, c. 1635 (pen & ink on paper)
CTS407573 Proscenium and standing scene, c.1635 (pen & ink on paper) by Jones, Inigo (1573-1652); eThe Devonshire Collections

Tragic scene (pen & ink on paper)
CTS407554 Tragic scene (pen & ink on paper) by Jones, Inigo (1573-1652); eThe Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; English, out of copyright

Cupidss Palace, c. 1619-23 (pen & ink on paper)
CTS407548 Cupidss Palace, c.1619-23 (pen & ink on paper) by Jones, Inigo (1573-1652); eThe Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; English

Proscenium and hunt scene (pen & ink on paper)
CTS407546 Proscenium and hunt scene (pen & ink on paper) by Jones, Inigo (1573-1652); eThe Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; English

A street in perspective, c. 1617 (pen & ink on paper)
CTS407543 A street in perspective, c.1617 (pen & ink on paper) by Jones, Inigo (1573-1652); eThe Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; (add.info)

Lace maker of Le Puy, France, 16th Century (chromolitho)
2788815 Lace maker of Le Puy, France, 16th Century (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lace maker of Le Puy)

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"Journeying through Time: A Backcloth of History and Industry" Step back in time to 1922, where a boy and girl embark on an adventurous ride on a Royal Enfield motorcycle with a sidecar. The wind tousles their hair as they explore the open roads, capturing the spirit of freedom that defined an era. In another scene, a lady exudes elegance astride her 1948 Triumph motorcycle. With grace and confidence, she defies societal norms, embodying the empowerment of women during this period. Meanwhile, Ava Gardner, the iconic American film actress, graces our backcloth with her timeless beauty. Her captivating presence symbolizes Hollywood's golden age and its influence on popular culture. Shifting gears to Regency Ireland, we delve into trades that shaped communities. Bleaching techniques transform fabrics into pure white perfection while Irish cabins stand as humble dwellings amidst breathtaking landscapes. Witness the majestic salmon leap against rushing currents—a testament to nature's resilience. Traveling further back in time to Germany's industrial boom in the 1930s reveals monochrome snapshots of textile machinery at work. Women labor diligently in Bavarian spinning mills while weaving looms create intricate patterns with precision and artistry. The Flemish tapestry transports us even earlier—to the second half of the 16th century—depicting Judith beheading Holofernes. This masterpiece showcases skilled craftsmanship from Brussels or Netherlands; each thread woven with care using wool fabric. Returning to German industry in the 1930s unveils more black-and-white photographs showcasing various machines: finishing machines perfect textiles' final touches; felt machines bring softness to life; fly-framers intricately weave threads together for sturdy fabrics. These glimpses into history remind us of humanity's ingenuity and perseverance throughout different eras. From joyrides on vintage motorcycles to advancements in textile production—the backcloth unfolds stories waiting to be explored by curious minds.