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Fabric Collection

Background imageFabric Collection: Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage

Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage
The Aerial Steam Carriage -- underside view with covering fabric in place. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883) in 1842. 1843

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for textile with trees and shrubs

Design for textile with trees and shrubs. Charcoal on detail paper. Silver Studio. 1943

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for printed textile

Design for printed textile. Pencil on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1959

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for woven textile with peacocks

Design for woven textile with peacocks. Pencil and gouache on tracing paper. Silver Studio; Leborgne. 1897

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for woven textile with blue flowers

Design for woven textile with blue flowers. Charcoal and watercolour on copy paper with one portion worked in gouache. Silver Studio. circa 1905

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for woven textile in red and pink

Design for woven textile in red and pink. Crayon and pencil on tracing paper on backing of detail paper. Silver Studio. 1936

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for Printed Textile with thin stripes

Design for Printed Textile with thin stripes. Gouache on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1919

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for textile with geometrical shapes

Design for textile with geometrical shapes. Pencil and charcoal on detail paper. Silver Studio. 1933

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for printed textile with orange flowers

Design for printed textile with orange flowers
Design for printed textile with orange and beige flowers. Watercolour on detail paper. Silver Studio. 1935

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for Printed Textile with peacocks

Design for Printed Textile with peacocks and topiary. Pastel on tracing paper. Silver Studio. circa 1905

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for printed textile with pink flowers

Design for printed textile with pink flowers. Watercolour, pencil and ink on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1950

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for Woven Textile with birds and animals

Design for Woven Textile with birds and animals. Watercolour and charcoal on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1959

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for textile with lily flower

Design for textile with lily flower. Gouache on cartridge paper. Silver Studio. 1898

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for printed textile with white flowers

Design for printed textile with white flowers

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for printed textile with animals

Design for printed textile with animals
Design for printed textile with wild animals. Watercolour on tracing paper. Silver Studio. 1930

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for printed textile with hats and caps

Design for printed textile with hats and caps
Design for printed textile with a wide selection of hats and caps. Gouache on copy paper. Silver Studio. circa 1935

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for textile with country scene

Design for textile with country scene. Watercolour on detail paper. Silver Studio. 1957

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for Printed Textile in brown and beige

Design for Printed Textile in brown and beige. Watercolour on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1941

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for textile or wallpaper in blue and cream

Design for textile or wallpaper in blue and cream. Gouache on copy paper with ruled lines. Silver Studio. circa 1900

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for printed textile with flowers

Design for printed textile with flowers. Watercolour on detail paper. Silver Studio. 1933

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for textile or wallpaper in blue and green

Design for textile or wallpaper in blue and green. Watercolour and pencil on brown tracing paper. Silver Studio. circa 1905

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for printed textile with organic shapes

Design for printed textile with organic shapes. Charcoal and crayon on copy paper with one portion worked in gouache and ruled pencil lines. Silver Studio. 1906

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for printed textile with lily flower

Design for printed textile with lily flower. Gouache and pencil and crayon on heavy paper. Silver Studio; D. Barbour & Co. 1892

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for textile with stylised flower

Design for textile with stylised flower. Watercolour on cartridge paper. Silver Studio. 1936

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for textile with flowers, birds and insects

Design for textile with flowers, birds and insects. Gouache on drawing paper. Franklin & Franklin; Silver Studio. circa 1935

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for textile or wallpaper with animal alphabet

Design for textile or wallpaper with animal alphabet
Design for textile or wallpaper with an alphabet of wild animals. Gouache on heavy paper. Silver Studio. circa 1930

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for Printed Textile in beige and brown

Design for Printed Textile in beige and brown. Charcoal and pencil on tracing paper. Silver Studio. 1934

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for woven textile with flowers

Design for woven textile with flowers
Design for woven textile with orange flowers. Watercolour on heavy paper. Silver Studio. circa 1905

Background imageFabric Collection: Design for Furnishing Textile with pink flowers

Design for Furnishing Textile with pink flowers
Design for Furnishing Textile with delicate pink flowers in a circular pattern. Pencil and gouache on brown sugar paper. Silver Studio. 1934

Background imageFabric Collection: Business card design, young woman with textiles

Business card design, young woman with textiles
Business card design, depicting a young woman in a red dress, sitting on rolls of textiles. 20th century

Background imageFabric Collection: Liberty jumper

Liberty jumper
Jumper in hand-printed crepe de chine, with collar and facings of plain silk, from Libertys own works at Merton Abbey. Available in a variety of designs and colours, costing 3

Background imageFabric Collection: Kissing her Majestys hand, learning to curtsey at court

Kissing her Majestys hand, learning to curtsey at court
A young woman is tutored in the art of gracefully dropping to a curtsey during her presentation at court at the school of Miss Cowper Coles

Background imageFabric Collection: Naked woman by David Wright, preliminary sketch

Naked woman by David Wright, preliminary sketch
A preliminary sketch by David Wright depicting a naked woman reclining, with sheer fabric artfully placed to hide her modesty. Date: c1948

Background imageFabric Collection: 1920s photograph album fabric

1920s photograph album fabric
Floral fabric design from the 1920s, taken from a vintage photograph album. Date: c.1925

Background imageFabric Collection: Advertisement for Sixten & Cassey

Advertisement for Sixten & Cassey of Regent Street, London, who provided many of the beautiful damasks, velvets, satins and chintz used in the May Fair Hotel

Background imageFabric Collection: Tapestry design, cat with two kittens

Tapestry design, cat with two kittens
Tapestry design, a cat with two kittens

Background imageFabric Collection: Woman in red fabric

Woman in red fabric
Magazine advertisement for Celanese Fabrics Date: 1930

Background imageFabric Collection: Liberty print fabric

Liberty print fabric
From a postcard published by Liberty & Co Date: 1938

Background imageFabric Collection: Josephs Coat by David Wright

Josephs Coat by David Wright, showing a nude woman snipping multi-coloured fabric. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageFabric Collection: Somebodys Cup of Tea by David Wright

Somebodys Cup of Tea by David Wright

Background imageFabric Collection: Sandwich Weavers

Sandwich Weavers
A woman weaver making woven fabric in Jasper Pearsons shop at Sandwich, Kent, England. Date: early 1930s

Background imageFabric Collection: Merriecolour curtains advertisement, 1950s

Merriecolour curtains advertisement, 1950s
Advertisement for Grafton Merricolour fabrics featuring a woman looking out of a window as her jolly Merricolour curtains flap in the breeze. 1950s

Background imageFabric Collection: Fashion advertisement with golfing scene

Fashion advertisement with golfing scene -- a stylishly dressed woman hits the ball while her male caddy watches, in this advertisement for spring fashions and fabrics. 20th century

Background imageFabric Collection: Red-headed girl seated in a sheer red dress

Red-headed girl seated in a sheer red dress. Painting by David Wright reproduced on a calendar. Original topless version published in Men Only in December 1952 (see image number 10217144). 1952

Background imageFabric Collection: Poster design for Antigua Casa Franch, Barcelona, Spain

Poster design for Antigua Casa Franch, Barcelona, Spain, a shop selling carpets, upholstery fabrics, curtains and hangings. Showing two ornately dressed women, looking at fabrics. 1899

Background imageFabric Collection: Jowett 7 HP Fabric Saloon on the beach

Jowett 7 HP Fabric Saloon on the beach
Two women parked on the beach with their Jowett 7 HP Fabric Saloon. Note the direction the door opens, contrary to the style today. Date: 1932

Background imageFabric Collection: Morris Cowley Flatnose 2-door half-fabric saloon

Morris Cowley Flatnose 2-door half-fabric saloon

Background imageFabric Collection: Austin 7 Fabric Saloon

Austin 7 Fabric Saloon
An Austin 7 Fabric Saloon. Date: 1929

Background imageFabric Collection: Fabric Shop Assistant

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

Background imageFabric Collection: Dryden / Fashion / 358

Dryden / Fashion / 358
Design for evening dress and contrasting orange jacket with a velvet fabric sample attached labelled The Herald Silk Shop, New York. Date: 1934



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