Cloth Collection (#4)

Frances, Countess of Dartmouth, 1756. Creator: Sir Joshua Reynolds
Frances, Countess of Dartmouth, 1756. The Countess of Dartmouth wears formal court dress with a low-necked, fur-trimmed, white satin dress decorated with a wealth of diamond jewellery in the form of

Painterly Architectonic, 1918. Creator: Lyubov Popova
Painterly Architectonic, 1918.

The Tickle, 1755. Creator: Pietro Longhi
The Tickle, 1755. A young girl looks out at the spectator and makes a gesture of complicity. She tickles the face of a sleeping young man with a feather, attentively watched by two maids

A daimyo, 1800-1840. Creator: Unknown
A daimyo, 1800-1840. Yamato-e - classically styled painting on silk - apparently of a wealthy aristocrat, perhaps a daimyo or 'lord', but with the head of a rat

The Virgin of Humility, 1440. Creator: Giovanni di Paolo
The Virgin of Humility, 1440.

The Virgin and Child enthroned between four Angels, a Martyr Saint and Saint John the Baptist, 1340.

A Duchess (The Blue Dress), c1866. Creator: Alfred Stevens
A Duchess (The Blue Dress), c1866. A young woman, still wearing her cape and one glove, reflects on the contents of a hastily opened letter

Sudarium Spread Out By An Angel, 1516. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Sudarium Spread Out By An Angel, 1516.

Old man with beard, fur cap, and velvet cloak, c.1631. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Old man with beard, fur cap, and velvet cloak, c.1631. An old man, seen in half-length portrait, is sitting in a chair with a heavy velvet cloak draped around his shoulders.

Strikers leave mills, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Strikers leave mills, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915.

Strike Committee at Mill Gate, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Strike Committee at Mill Gate, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915.

Mrs. Judson Harmon, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Judson Harmon, 1910. Shows portrait of Olive (Olivia) Scobey Harmon.

"Esther's Banquet", by E. Armitage, from the Liverpool Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1865. Creator: Unknown
"Esther's Banquet", by E. Armitage, from the Liverpool Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1865. Engraving of a painting

Paris fashions for November, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for November, 1865. 1. 'Morning dress in violet silk...its shape, the "Gabrielle," is to the last degree becoming; the trimmings at the back of the bodice

The Chinese Giant, Chang, with his wife and attendant dwarf, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Chinese Giant, Chang, with his wife and attendant dwarf, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, of '...a young gentleman named Chang-Woo-Gow

Paris fashions for September, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for September, 1865. 'Fig. 1. Dress for the Seaside. Dark blue silk robe...edged with black velvet and white lace. The short vest is ornamented in a similar manner

Buying camlets in a shop, Yokohama - from a sketch by our special artist, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Buying camlets in a shop, Yokohama, [Japan], 1865. 'In the sketch we have engraved...as an illustration of the social life and manners of the people of Japan

Paris fashions for August, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for August, 1865. 'Fig. 1. Walking Dress. Plain slate-coloured foulard robe. Blue silk casaque open at the sides and trimmed round the edge

"The Time and Place", by J. Pettie, in the Exhibition of the British Institution, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
"The Time and Place", by J. Pettie, in the Exhibition of the British Institution, 1864. Engraving of a painting. '...the costume is that of the dissolute times of Charles II

Paris fashions for May, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for May, 1864. 'Fig. 1. Dress for a Wedding Party. Mazarine blue moire antique robe, ornamented (above the deep lace flounce adorning the skirt) with three black velvet lozenges

Paris fashions for April, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for April, 1864. 'Fig. 1. Evening Dress. Dark-blue moire antique robe, trimmed with velvet...Each velvet ornament on the skirt is bordered with black lace

Advertising shoot - fruit, vegatable and nuts on a check tablecloth. Date: circa late 1960s

Always going and never staying
Hooman Sedaghi

1968 British GP
BRANDS HATCH, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 20: A mechanic saws off part of the exhaust of Dan Gurney's Eagle T1G Weslake during the British GP at Brands Hatch on April 20, 1968 in Brands Hatch

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden:..at the Theatre Royal, Stockholm... 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden:..at the Theatre Royal, Stockholm - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

Paris fashions for October, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for October, 1864. Fig. 1. Evening Dress. Robe of white alpaca, ornamented with black lace insertion...Muslin chemisette, with collar and cuffs of embroidered muslin

The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862. Loom for Axminster carpet, ...invented by Mr

The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

Indians of Peru and Bolivia, South America, 1864. Creator: Joseph Austin Benwell
Indians of Peru and Bolivia, South America, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. C. L. Rowsell of Valparaiso, of indigenous people belonging to...the half-civilised part of the native South

British training, tailor shop, 17 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British training, tailor shop, 17 Aug 1917 (date created or published later). Soldiers at a tailor's shop cutting out cloth, Tadworth Camp, England, during World War I

Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Found in the Collection of the Ville de Paris, Bibliotheque Forney

Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Found in the Collection of the Ville de Paris, Bibliotheque Forney

Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Found in the Collection of the Ville de Paris, Bibliotheque Forney

Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Found in the Collection of the Ville de Paris, Bibliotheque Forney

Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Found in the Collection of the Ville de Paris, Bibliotheque Forney

Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Found in the Collection of the Ville de Paris, Bibliotheque Forney

Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Found in the Collection of the Ville de Paris, Bibliotheque Forney

Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Found in the Collection of the Ville de Paris, Bibliotheque Forney

Surplice sewn by tsarevnas, the sisters of Peter the Great, Trinity Monastery, Aleksandrov, 1911

Phelonion [vestment] from the second half of the eighteenth century, from a very old... 1911
Phelonion [vestment] from the second half of the eighteenth century, from a very old fabric called kamka [silk brocade] with shoulders embroidered with pearls on crimson velvet. In the Rostov Museum

Iconostasis in the Church of Saint John the Theologian, Rostov Velikii, 1911

Miraculous icon brought by Saint Dalmat, Dalmatovo, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Miraculous icon brought by Saint Dalmat, Dalmatovo, 1912

Paris fashions for December, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for December, 1862. Fig. 1. Evening Dress. Robe of stout corded apple-green taffety...with a guipure on a white ground; the sleeves are also trimmed with a similar transparent guipure

Paris fashions for November, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for November, 1864. Fig. 1. Morning Dress. This is altogether an "at home" costume, the colour of the dress being generally light, over a gay-coloured jupe

The Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures at Dublin, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures and Industry at Dublin, 1864. View of the Agricultural Hall, Earlsfort Terrace. The central portion was divided from its smaller adjuncts by wooden

Paris fashions for August, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for August, 1864. Fig. 1. Walking Dress. Robe and paletot of grey foulard, with three rows of dark violet silk and passementerie trimming on the skirt; round the edge of the paletot

The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: Schleswig costumes, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: Schleswig costumes, 1864. Sand-eel fisher-girl of Blavand's Bay; peasant girl of Fohr in her Sunday attire; peasant woman of Ostenfeldt in her Sunday dress;

Paris fashions for February, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for February, 1864. Fig. 1. Walking Dress. Dark brown silk robe, trimmed round the bottom of the skirt with a wide band of black velvet

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