Cloth Collection

Fairy tea party

Waiter
People You See. Waiter. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)

Business card design, table arrangement
Business card design, depicting a table arranged with a yellow tablecloth, a lamp, a book and a vase of red flowers, with a cushion on the floor and a picture on the wall in the background

Man at work in a clothing factory, Hemel Hempstead
Man at work in a clothing factory in Hemel Hempstead, cutting multiple pieces of cloth. Date: 1963

David Wright woman in a red swimsuit
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a one-piece red swimsuit, red shoes, and a wide brimmed floppy hat. She is sitting on a table with a red and white tablecloth

Dolls, teddy and rabbit enjoying a tea party
Four dolls, a teddy bear with a parasol, and a rabbit, enjoying a tea party. The table is set with miniature cups, saucers, teapot and kettle, a vase of flowers, and some cakes and biscuits

Long line of bathing beauties at the seaside
A long line of bathing beauties at the seaside, with a striped cloth in front of them. 20th century

Poster advertising Acel chamois leather for cleaning cars, showing a chauffeur in green uniform holding a miniature red car. early 20th century

Poster: How to make your household linens last longer

Ruins of the Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium, WW1
Ruins of the Cloth Hall at Ypres, Belgium, during World War One. circa 1916

Four cats drinking coffee (Vier Kaffeeschwestern) on a German postcard

Neddys Turn by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy gives his toy horse a wash. 1946

My Plum-Pudding by Muriel Dawson. A happy little girl with a pudding in a bowl. 1929

Cloth Hall and Cathedral, Ypres, Belgium, WW1
The Cloth Hall and Cathedral at Ypres, Belgium, after bombing on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Women textile workers, Scotland
Women working in the rural textile industry, Scotland

Man in textile industry operating machine, Scotland

Victorian style domestic interior with fireplace
A Victorian style domestic interior with fireplace, and different patterns everywhere you look

Street market in Macao, China
View of a street market in Macao, China, with large awnings to keep the sun and rain off. Date: 1987

Engine parts, Latimer Road, London
Two men sort through the remains of a car in the Latimer Road area of West London. Date: 1960

Studies of a lady and a seated girl in pastel by Raymond Sheppard

Still life with crockery, cutlery, beer glass and newspaper

Boat Maintenance
Workers doing painting and maintenance work on boats at the R. Redknap & Sons boathouse, Richmond, Surrey, England, in preparation for the summer boating season. Date: early 1930s

Label design for Liqueur de la Lanterne Magique (Magic Lantern Liqueur), showing a magician holding up a cloth in front of a magic lantern, on which a small red devil is perching

A Picnic Party
A large picnic for several colonial familes with food and drink spread on a large white cloth and a gramophone playing music behind. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1930s

Father Christmas decorating a tree
Christmas card of Father Christmas decorating a Christmas tree 20th century

Fairground Roundabout
Lots of cloth caps and cloche hats in evidence at this busy fairground roundabout. Date: early 1930s

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. Date: early 1930s

Boy & Pigeons
A young man in a cloth cap and waistcoat, photographed with four friendly pigeons sitting on his head and shoulders at Hyde Park, central London. Date: early 1930s

Dryden / Women / Africa / 156
Two women walk through an African market. The street traders, selling cloth and fruit, sit in the shade. Date: 1928

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