Cloth Collection (#100)

Man and woman magicians performing tricks at table
Undated copy of colour illustration entitled, A moi la premiere partie! A moi la derniere!! showing man and woman magicians performing tricks at table. (Imprint. Chez Aubert and Cie)

Magician Mr Philippe, the Chinese Physicis
Undated print of lithograph of magician Mr Philippe, the " Chinese Physicist" (Physicien Chinois) with Scottish assistant, Domingo, behind him. HPG/8/2/1 (xxxi)"

Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance
Photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance with " ectoplasm" wrapped around her head and reaching down to the floor, May 1931. HPG/1/4/2 (xi)"

Scottish medium Helen Duncan during a sance
Photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan during a sance with her head covered with " ectoplasm" reaching down to her lap, May 1931. HPG/1/4/2 (xv)"

Undated photograph of enlarged portion of ectoplasm
Undated photograph of enlarged portion of " ectoplasm", showing rents, warps and weft. This is one of series of photographs of Harry Prices investigations into the mediumship of Helen

Still life with crockery, cutlery, beer glass and newspaper
A still life on a table, with crockery, cutlery, a beer glass and a folded newspaper

Sri Lanka - Veddahs cooking
The Wanniyala-Aetto, or forest people, more commonly known as Veddas or Veddahs are an indigenous people of Sri Lanka - seen here preparing a meal

The Kitchenmaid and the Constable
A humourous photograph of a kitchenmaid, busy doing the washing up, being proposed to by her policeman admirer. The photograph is entitled Cupboard Love

India - Van Gari Woman leading an Ox and carrying cloth in a basket on on her head

Izmir, Turkey - Jewish bead seller
Jewish bead sellers at the market in Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Izmir, Turkey - Public Scribe
Public Scribe at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

LEEDS, Yorkshire
Examining cloth in the Coloured Cloth Hall, Leeds, Yorkshire

Ypres in ruins, 1915
An aerial view of Ypres in August 1915. In the centre is all that remains of the Cloth Hall. Beyond are the ruins of the Cathedral of St. Martin

Nomads making rugs in the desert, Tunisia
Nomads making rugs in the desert in front of their low tents, Tunisia

Bedouin Tent with Camel, Egypt
Bedouin Tent with Camel in the Egyptian desert

Cloth production - Factory Workers
Women factory workers manning a sheet-weaving machine at Patons & Baldwins Factory in Darlington. The company, principally produced knitting wool

Camp Du Drap D or
(anglicised as Field of the Cloth of Gold) - Henry VIII meets with Francois I near Calais to smooth out their differences : each seeks to out-impress the other

Fete De L empereur
At the Fete de l Empereur, in Paris, the historic Field of the Cloth of Gold, where Francois I met Henry VIII, is re-enacted

Ypres / Cloth Hall
The Cloth Hall, seriously damaged in the bombardments of World War One

Housemaid / Fresh Laundry
A smiley housemaid carrying freshly laundered and ironed tableware

Measuring Cloth
Photograph showing a woman measuring out enough fabric to make her own nightgown

Italy San Gimignano
Although legend attributes the high towers of the town to family rivalries, in fact they served a practical purpose to hang and dry the safron-dyed cloth produced locally

Ladies fashions for September 1923
A black and white faconne made the skirt of this outfit a stylish contrast to the navy cloth coat. The coat was finished with a trim of silver braid and fur

Two fashionable coats, 1899
Illustration of a three quarter length coat of black cloth lined with white satin (on left). The coat was decorated with large white pearl buttons

Winter fashion for 1927
A sand coloured cloth coat lavishly trimmed with brown fur

Farmer & Lamb
An old Devon farmer tickles a lamb under its chin

Bruges Trade Centre
Cloth merchants at Bruges, which thanks to the cloth trade is one of the worlds great trading centres

Dusting for Exercise
A young lady in shorts with buttoned falls gives these windows a vigorous rub with a checked cloth - a great way to tone up the waist and bust without the need of a gym!

Social / Liverpool Pub
A man in cloth cap outside a pub in Liverpool

Floor-Cloth Printing
Printing floor-cloth

Cotton - Cloth Hall
The finished product awaiting despatch to customers round the globe, at the Cloth Hall, Leeds

George V / Robe & Stole
Wearing the Royal Robe of Cloth of Gold and stole

Wartime Rations
A table full of powdered and rationed goods, as available in Britain during World War Two, including Birds Custard Powder, Victory V lozenges and Sylvan Flakes

Breakfast Tray Pattern
A design for the little mat which you will want to put on a breakfast tray when serving breakfast in bed to an invalid relative. After all, one must have things nice !

Passion Play Courtrai
Passion play at Courtrai : Saint Veronica with the image of Jesuss face on the cloth with which she wiped his brow

Navajo Woman Weaving
A Native American Navajo woman weaving

Croppers and a Freemer
Two men use teasels used for rooing the cloth. In the foreground a Freemer Boy detaches flocks of wool from recently used teasels

Fabric Shop Assistant
A shop assistant behind a counter folds a length of flower patterned fabric she has just cut from a roll of cloth

Tunisia / Tunis Souk 1906
The SOUK DES ETOFFES, Tunis - a street specialising in fabrics

Boy at Tailors Shop
A young boy in a sailor blouse is measured for a new outfit. His mother, in a fox fur stole, looks on. Tailors sit cross legged on a table while another cuts cloth

White & Purple Aubergine
A still life of purple and white aubergines (or egg plants) displayed on a cloth

Shop Assistant 1883
A shop-girl

Smithfield / Cloth Alley
A narrow London street, not greatly changed since Elizabethan times - Cloth Alley, Smithfield

Country Clothes C. 1890
Boys: deerstalker hats, knickerbockers, covert coats. Girls: cloth Tam-O Shanters, pleated skirts, gauntlets, reefer jackets, fur coat & high crowned white bonnet

Carrion Crow on an Oak
A carrion crow sat on an oak, derry, derry, derry, decco; a carrion crow sat on an oak, watching a tailor shape a coat

Dismissed for Pregnancy
Pregnant, is she ? Well, you know the rules - tell her she needn t bother to come to work tomorrow

Dryden / Women / Africa / 156
Two women walk through an African market. The street traders, selling cloth and fruit, sit in the shade

Sir Joseph Lyons, caterer, Chairman of J Lyons & Co
Sir Joseph Lyons (1847-1917), caterer, Chairman of J Lyons & Co from 1887 until the year he died. He was knighted in 1911

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