Looms Collection

Papyrus of Ani (Book of the Dead) - The Judgement
(Above) -Twelve Gods seated in Order, as judges before a table of offerings. (Below) - The Psychostasia of Weighing of the Conscience of Ani

Cotton weavers at their looms, Preston, Lancashire
Women operating cotton weaving looms at the works of Messrs Horrockses, Crewdson and Co Ltd of Preston, Lancashire

Cotton weaving shed, Preston, Lancashire
A huge cotton weaving shed at the works of Messrs Horrockses, Crewdson and Co Ltd of Preston, Lancashire, with people at work

Carpet Traders Limited, Kidderminster. A woman worker seen here operating one of the countless looms in the Axminster department. 18th April 1933

Amoskeag Corporation, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Weave room in No. 11 Mill (a textile mill) of the Amoskeag Corporation, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. Date: 1911

Cotton Spinning I: Development of Spinning Machinery (engraving)
XJF311273 Cotton Spinning I: Development of Spinning Machinery (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1. Indian Spinning-Wheel, 2. Saxony Spinning-Wheel, 3)

British Industries - Cotton, c. 1923 / 4 (LMS Poster)
RA10781 British Industries - Cotton, c.1923/4 (LMS Poster) by Robinson, Frederick Cayley (1862-1927); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

An Indian woman weaving a carpet in small village by Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, South America

A weaving shed fitted with power looms
5310007 A weaving shed fitted with power looms; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a weaving shed fitted with power looms driven, via shafts, by steam engines)

Women operatives tending power looms in a Yorkshire woollen mill. Wood engraving, 1883
531840 Women operatives tending power looms in a Yorkshire woollen mill. Wood engraving, 1883.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Weaving shed fitted rows with power looms driven by belt and shafting. Wood engraving c1840
538576 Weaving shed fitted rows with power looms driven by belt and shafting. Wood engraving c1840; (add.info.: Weaving shed fitted rows with power looms driven by belt and shafting)

Advert, John Brown & Son, Glasgow, Scotland
Advert for John Brown & Son, Weaving Factory with Jacquard harness looms, French Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Women operating looms at a Milan mill. Circa 1955

The scene at Minskip near Boroughbridge, north of Harrogate, Yorkshire, England in the old house of Mr and Mrs Booth. Under the original old beams, they and two girl assistants work at their looms

Textile works WAI01_04_217_69_21
J AND J CASH LTD, CASHs LANE, RADFORD, COVENTRY. Interior view of J and J Cashs Workshops on Cashs Lane, showing women working with the pre-1914 multi space looms

Africa, Ghana, Volta Region. Looms in a factury in the Kente weavers village

Shilling Day at the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Shilling Day at the International Exhibition, 1862. The International Exhibition of 1862 was a world's fair held in South Kensington, London

The New French Treaty - No. II. Lyons and French Silks, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The New French Treaty - No. II. Lyons and French Silks, 1862. View of the Croix Rousse...[this] was for a very long period the head-quarters of the population of canuts

Woman weaving, A.D 1130 - 1174
3787264 Woman weaving, A.D 1130 - 1174; (add.info.: Woman weaving, A.D 1130 - 1174. England. (19th century reproduction illustration). A Short History of the English People by J.R.Green. Volume 1

Jacquard Looms, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Weavers preparing silk for the looms, Cairo, Egypt Date: 1898

Looms in a weaving shed, early 1900s

Merton Abbey Tapestry Looms
A photograph showing women working at the tapestry looms of Merton Abbey, William Morris, being a fervent believer in socialism, paid his workers here more than average

Women working in cramped conditions spinning yarn. Date: 1883

Woman Working a Foot Pedalled Power Loom 1854
Factory woman seated at her frame, preparing the wasp for a handloom. At the time the population of upwards of 18, 000 people

Macclesfield Factory Girl Preparing Warp 1845
Factory girl seated at her frame, preparing the wasp for a power-loom in a large manufacturing town in the county of Chester

John Lombe attacked by Italians while on a visit to Italy to investigate spinning machines (colour litho)
5207636 John Lombe attacked by Italians while on a visit to Italy to investigate spinning machines (colour litho) by Hindley, Godfrey C

DDE-90035573
Matterhorn looms over Zermatt, Switzerland. Date: 16/09/2009

DDE-90035572
Matterhorn looms over town of Zermatt, Switzerland Date: 16/09/2009

Husband and wife working as rural weavers (wood engraving)
3245406 Husband and wife working as rural weavers (wood engraving) by British School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Pictures; British, out of copyright

Hjula Weaving Mill, 1887-88 (oil on canvas)
OVR328443 Hjula Weaving Mill, 1887-88 (oil on canvas) by Peters, Wilhelm (1851-1935); 85x117 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Hjula Veveri; ); Photo © O. Vaering

Cotton weaving shed (b / w photo)
3652707 Cotton weaving shed (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cotton weaving shed)

Different processes employed in the manufacture of blankets in modern factories (b / w photo)
6008292 Different processes employed in the manufacture of blankets in modern factories (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Sketches of the Royal Tapestry Manufactory at Windsor (engraving)
1623964 Sketches of the Royal Tapestry Manufactory at Windsor (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches of the Royal Tapestry Manufactory at Windsor)

The New French Treaty, Lyons and French Silks (engraving)
1620130 The New French Treaty, Lyons and French Silks (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The New French Treaty, Lyons and French Silks)

Navajo woman weaving a belt (engraving)
980490 Navajo woman weaving a belt (engraving) by American School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Navajo woman weaving a belt)

Victims of Science: Joseph Marie Jacquard (chromolitho)
724772 Victims of Science: Joseph Marie Jacquard (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Victims of Science: Joseph Marie Jacquard)

Weaving in Spitalfields, London (engraving)
3245410 Weaving in Spitalfields, London (engraving) by British School, (18th Century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Pictures; British, out of copyright

Dutch East Indies, Indonesia, Batak indigenous tribal group
19th century vintage photograph: Dutch East Indies, Indonesia, a Batak indigenous tribal group, weavers with looms. Kristen Feilberg photograph

Girls weaving Sarango in Java (engraving)
1611617 Girls weaving Sarango in Java (engraving) by Regamey, Felix (1844-1907) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girls weaving Sarango in Java)

Indian Cotton, the Webs of Dacca (engraving)
1608258 Indian Cotton, the Webs of Dacca (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Indian Cotton, the Webs of Dacca)

The main workshop of the Rime et Renard factory at Orleans
CHT157319 The main workshop of the Rime et Renard factory at Orleans, from Les Grandes Usines by Turgan (engraving) (b/w photo) by Rose, Laurent Victor (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

A Weavers Workshop
RAF51635 A Weavers Workshop by Oudenrogge, Johannes Dircksz van (1622-53); Private Collection; Photo eRafael Valls Gallery, London, UK; Dutch, out of copyright

Interior of a Weavers Workshop, from Volume II Arts and Trades of
STC267695 Interior of a Weavers Workshop, from Volume II Arts and Trades of Description of Egypt, engraved by Schroeder and E. Voysard, pub

Moorish Children Working at a School of Embroidery (chromolitho)
735623 Moorish Children Working at a School of Embroidery (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Moorish Children Working at a School of Embroidery)

Something "Looms in the Future"(engraving)
2777162 Something " Looms in the Future" (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Something " Looms in the Future." Cartoon, 3 July 1852)

Weaving girl (b / w photo)
3096500 Weaving girl (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Weaving girl. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The Weaver: A Cottage Loom in the Austrian Alps, 1917 (oil on canvas)
2601953 The Weaver: A Cottage Loom in the Austrian Alps, 1917 (oil on canvas) by Stokes, Marianne (1855-1927); Private Collection; Bourne Gallery, Reigate, Surrey; English, out of copyright

Lyalls patent postive motion loom
James Lyall from New York, showing his new and patent power loom. Date: 1869

The New Buildings of the Textile Department of the Yorkshire College, Leeds (engraving)
1060412 The New Buildings of the Textile Department of the Yorkshire College, Leeds (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Beautiful inventions card, Jacquard loom (chromolitho)
963842 Beautiful inventions card, Jacquard loom (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beautiful inventions: Jacquard loom, a mechanical loom)

How a Textile Industry is being Revolutionised (b / w photo)
1036973 How a Textile Industry is being Revolutionised (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: How a Textile Industry is being Revolutionised)

Bringing down the batten (engraving)
980489 Bringing down the batten (engraving) by American School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bringing down the batten)

Called out for Service (engraving)
1046541 Called out for Service (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Called out for Service, the Tribulations of an Officer of the Naval Reserve)

Preparing for the Coronation, weaving Cloth of Gold for the Kings Pallium (litho)
1043624 Preparing for the Coronation, weaving Cloth of Gold for the Kings Pallium (litho) by Haenen, Frederic de (1853-1928); Private Collection; (add.info.: Preparing for the Coronation)

A woman weaving a tapestry on a loom in Tunisia (colour litho)
960122 A woman weaving a tapestry on a loom in Tunisia (colour litho) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A woman weaving a tapestry on a loom in Tunisia)

Elaine (engraving)
1602432 Elaine (engraving) by Gow, Mary L. (1851-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: Elaine. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 12 August 1876)

The new French treaty (engraving)
728697 The new French treaty (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The new French treaty - No. 11: Lyons and French silks)

Women on the loom floor at the New York Association for the Blind, 111 East 59th Street
MNY380952 Women on the loom floor at the New York Association for the Blind, 111 East 59th Street, New York, 1939 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942)

The New Electro Weaving-Machine (engraving)
2773014 The New Electro Weaving-Machine (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The New Electro Weaving-Machine)

The Industrious Prentice a Favourite and Entrusted by his Master
GHL205229 The Industrious Prentice a Favourite and Entrusted by his Master, plate IV of Industry and Idleness, published 1833 (engraving) by Hogarth

Carpet weavers, Bosnia (photo)
5999089 Carpet weavers, Bosnia (photo) by Bosnian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carpet weavers, Bosnia. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Weaving of diamond-shaped diagonals (engraving)
980488 Weaving of diamond-shaped diagonals (engraving) by American School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Weaving of diamond-shaped diagonals)

The new French treaty (engraving)
728581 The new French treaty (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The new French treaty - No. 11: Lyons and French silks)

The Industrious Prentice a Favourite and Entrusted by his Master
STC451235 The Industrious Prentice a Favourite and Entrusted by his Master, plate IV of Industry and Idleness, illustration from Hogarth Restored: The Whole Works of the celebrated William Hogarth

Postcard depicting the weaving factory Colcombet in La Seauve, Haute-Loire, c. 1900
REV382798 Postcard depicting the weaving factory Colcombet in La Seauve, Haute-Loire, c.1900 by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: carte postale)

Postcard depicting the factory of lacemaking Les Chalmettes, L. Tendille, in Le Puy, c
REV382795 Postcard depicting the factory of lacemaking Les Chalmettes, L. Tendille, in Le Puy, c.1900 (b/w photo) by French Photographer

The Millar Loom, showing Weft-Carriers (engraving)
1042575 The Millar Loom, showing Weft-Carriers (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Millar Loom, showing Weft-Carriers)

The Fellow Prentices at their Looms, 1747 (engraving)
1071409 The Fellow Prentices at their Looms, 1747 (engraving) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); 26.4x34.6 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Industry and Idleness)

The Glasgow International Exhibition (litho)
1040367 The Glasgow International Exhibition (litho) by Duncan, John (1866-1945) after; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Glasgow International Exhibition)

The Shah in the Weaving-Room at Haworths Mills, Manchester (engraving)
1620799 The Shah in the Weaving-Room at Haworths Mills, Manchester (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Shah in the Weaving-Room at Haworths Mills)

The Glasgow Exhibition, Carpet-Weaving (engraving)
1595591 The Glasgow Exhibition, Carpet-Weaving (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Glasgow Exhibition, Carpet-Weaving)

The International Exhibition, Messers Henderson and Companys Carpet Power-Loom (engraving)
1587872 The International Exhibition, Messers Henderson and Companys Carpet Power-Loom (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The International Exhibition)

Bonellis Electric Silk-Loom (engraving)
1098829 Bonellis Electric Silk-Loom (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bonellis Electric Silk-Loom)

Sketches at a Manchester cotton factory (engraving)
728990 Sketches at a Manchester cotton factory (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches at a Manchester cotton factory)

Spinning looms (b / w photo)
6007750 Spinning looms (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spinning looms)

Matting-Weavers (engraving)
1590419 Matting-Weavers (engraving) by Murray, William Bazett (fl.1871-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Matting-Weavers. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 28 May 1881)

At the Loom (w / c on paper)
1213919 At the Loom (w/c on paper) by Hatton, Richard George (1865-1926); 13.8x22.6 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; eTyne & Wear Archives & Museums; British, out of copyright

The Industrious Prentice a Favorite, and Entrusted by his Master, 1747 (engraving)
1071412 The Industrious Prentice a Favorite, and Entrusted by his Master, 1747 (engraving) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); 26.4x34.6 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Lancashire, England - Textile Cotton Mill worker and looms. Date: circa 1905

Borough Market, London, Christmas Eve 1853
Borough Market, London, on the evening of Christmas Eve 1853. In the background Southwark Cathedral looms over the shoppers and stalls of food. Date: 1853

Brussels Carpet Loom, Glasgow 1843
Scotch carpet factory. Date: 1843

Persian Rug Making, Glasgow 1843
A weaver operates a Persian rug-making loom at a Glasgow carpet factory. Date: 1843

International Exhibition - carpet power-loom 1862
Exhibit at the International Exhibition 1862, held at Kensington, showing a Messrs Henderson and Cos carpet powered weaving loom. Date: 1862

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Looms: Unraveling the Threads of History Step back in time and witness the enchanting world of looms, where ancient traditions and modern innovations intertwine. From the mystical Papyrus of Ani (Book of the Dead) - The Judgement to bustling cotton weaving sheds in Preston, Lancashire, these captivating machines have shaped civilizations. In Cotton weavers at their looms, Preston, Lancashire, we catch a glimpse into the industrious spirit that fueled the textile revolution. The rhythmic clatter of machinery echoes through time as skilled workers transform raw cotton into exquisite fabrics. Meanwhile, Carpet Traders Limited reveals a woman worker deftly maneuvering one of these intricate contraptions with finesse and precision. Across oceans and continents lies Amoskeag Corporation in Manchester, New Hampshire. Here, American ingenuity takes center stage as colossal looms churn out textiles that fuelled an entire nation's growth. British Industries - Cotton showcases a vibrant LMS Poster from 1923/4 depicting this thriving industry at its zenith. Yet it is not just grand factories that house these magical devices; they find their place even in humble abodes like an Indian village by Lake Titicaca or Merton Abbey Tapestry Looms. In these intimate settings, artisans pour their hearts into every thread woven on Jacquard Looms or silk prepared meticulously for Cairo's looms. As we explore Cotton Spinning I: Development of Spinning Machinery's engravings and linen production during Victorian times on Jacquard Looms, we realize how innovation has propelled humanity forward throughout history. These mechanical marvels have transformed societies by creating employment opportunities while adorning our lives with beautiful fabrics. So let us celebrate the legacy left behind by those who operated looms—both past and present—as they wove together stories through threads intricately intertwined.