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Arkwright's water frame, 1775.

Textiles Machinery

1775

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

Textiles Machinery

c. 1846

Model of a Power loom for plain weaving

Textiles Machinery

1857

Power loom

Textiles Machinery

1926

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

Textiles Machinery

1837

Old Spitalfields hand loom with jacquard mechanism

Textiles Machinery

1810

Copy of Thimonnier's chain-stitch sewing machine, 1830.

Textiles Machinery

1830

Singer 'New Family' sewing machine, 1865-1883.

Textiles Machinery

1865-1883

Model of a Jacquard loom

Textiles Machinery

1867

Early Wheeler and Wilson hand-powered lock stitch sewing mac

Textiles Machinery

Textile printing block, rectangular

Textiles Machinery

1760-1775 probable date
Carding machine by Sir Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), England, 1771-1780. Believed to be from Cromford Mill, Derbyshire.

Carding machine by Arkwright, 1775, believed to be from Cromford Mill

Textiles Machinery

1771-1780

A la memoire de J.M. Jacquard

Textiles Machinery

1839

Moldacot pocket sewing machine, 1887.

Textiles Machinery

1886-1887

The first Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, 1866.

Textiles Machinery

1866

Model of strand making machine for cotton rope wit

Textiles Machinery
J.Weir's chain stitch sewing machine, model no. 55S of 1872.

Weir sewing machine, 1872.

Textiles Machinery

1872
Power loom manufactured by J. Harrison and Son, Blackburn, England and fitted with the loose reed emergency stop mechanism of 1842. Exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and subsequently modified by the makers with design changes up to 1858.

Power loom

Textiles Machinery

1842-1858

Howe lock-stitch sewing machine, c 1888.

Textiles Machinery

1883

Judkin's lock-stitch sewing machine, 1851.

Textiles Machinery

1851

Portable spinning wheel, labelled 'James Webster,

Textiles Machinery

1745-1790

Coloured drawing depicting Lombe's silk throwing m

Textiles Machinery

1857

Specimen of artificial silk

Textiles Machinery

1883

17th century spindle wheel

Textiles Machinery

1601-1700

Wood blocks for printing English chintz and calico designs

Textiles Machinery

1750-1830

Saint's sewing machine, 1874.

Textiles Machinery

1874

Grover and Baker two-thread chain-stitch sewing machine, 1871.

Textiles Machinery

1871

Weaving power loom shuttle

Textiles Machinery

1858-1862

Thomas lock-stitch sewing machine, c 1853.

Textiles Machinery

patent 1853

Silk printing block mounted on a wooden stand.

Textiles Machinery

Double-thread chain-stitch sewing machine, with needle-bar f

Textiles Machinery

Lockstitch sewing machine, made by the Howe Machine Co., 187

Textiles Machinery

1867-1886

A Singer model 66 lock stitch oscillating hook sewing machin

Textiles Machinery

1908-1909

Record hand knitter no. E24648, in box purchased M

Textiles Machinery
Singer Lockstitch sewing machine model of 1851, by I. M. Singer and Company or the Singer Manufacturing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 1851-1855

Example of original pattern Singer sewing machine of 1851, made c. 1853.

Textiles Machinery

1851-1855

Straw splint mill

Textiles Machinery

The 'Little Wanzer' lock stitch sewing machine, 1867-1873.

Textiles Machinery

1867-1873

Closed spindle type bobbin winder for lace, with s

Textiles Machinery

Cardboard box associated with the Singer model 319K lock stitch electric sewing machine

Textiles Machinery

1948-1958

Fragment of Coptic linen textile

Textiles Machinery

1000-1100

The original bobbin-net machine designed and const

Textiles Machinery

1880-1890

Scale Model of Machine for Printing Textiles, 1805

Textiles Machinery

1805

Willcox and Gibbs chainstitch sewing machine, 1877-1904.

Textiles Machinery

1877-1904

Passap M 201 flat bed domestic knitting machine, c

Textiles Machinery

1950
Remains of the models of silk machinery introduced from Italy by Sir Thomas Lombe, Derby, England, c. 1732; the remains being: a reel, three spindles with bobbins and flyers and a segment of a circular frame, all half size.

Remains of the models of silk machinery introduced by Sir Thomas Lombe

Textiles Machinery

1732

Willcox and Gibbs chain-stitch sewing machine, c 1914.

Textiles Machinery

1913-1914

Model of a teasing mill, also known as a gig-mill,

Textiles Machinery

1800-1820

Bobbin Box of a Northrop single-shuttle 'S' loom

Textiles Machinery

1939
Original Remington Arms lock-stitch sewing machine head: the 'Empire' model of 1870, by the Remington Arms Company, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 1870.

Remington Arms Company lock-stitch sewing machine, 1870.

Textiles Machinery

1870