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Arkwright's water frame, 1775.

Textiles Machinery

1775

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

Textiles Machinery

1837

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

Textiles Machinery

c. 1846

Old Spitalfields hand loom with jacquard mechanism

Textiles Machinery

1810

Power loom

Textiles Machinery

1926

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Portable spinning wheel, labelled 'James Webster,

Textiles Machinery

1745-1790

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 Power loom for plain weaving

Textiles Machinery

1857

Textile printing block, rectangular

Textiles Machinery

1760-1775 probable date

Early Wheeler and Wilson hand-powered lock stitch sewing mac

Textiles Machinery

Moldacot pocket sewing machine, 1887.

Textiles Machinery

1886-1887

Model of a Jacquard loom

Textiles Machinery

1867

The first Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, 1866.

Textiles Machinery

1866
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

Saint's sewing machine, 1874.

Textiles Machinery

1874
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
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

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

Textiles Machinery

1867-1873
MP Handy Guide for knitting and crochet work, reg. design No. 813814; and knitting needle gauge, reg. design no. 838984. The two items were sold as a set. The guide is used by the knitter to record progress of knitting in respect of casting on/off, number of rows knitted etc. The needle gauge is used to ascertain knitting needle diameter and as a short tape measure.

MP Handy Guide for knitting and crochet work, reg.

Textiles Machinery

1945-1955

Weaving power loom shuttle

Textiles Machinery

1858-1862
J.Weir's chain stitch sewing machine, model no. 55S of 1872.

Weir sewing machine, 1872.

Textiles Machinery

1872

Closed spindle type bobbin winder for lace, with s

Textiles Machinery

Singer double-thread chainstitch glove sewing machine

Textiles Machinery

1915-1920

Judkin's lock-stitch sewing machine, 1851.

Textiles Machinery

1851

Specimen of artificial silk

Textiles Machinery

1883

Coptic textile quilted blanket of linen with motif

Textiles Machinery

1400-1500

A Singer model 66 lock stitch oscillating hook sewing machin

Textiles Machinery

1908-1909

Model of strand making machine for cotton rope wit

Textiles Machinery

Treadle sewing machine sold by Harris Ltd, a Londo

Textiles Machinery

1890-1950

Electric circuit board associated with a Singer Futura sewing machine

Textiles Machinery

1976

Arkwright's Wrap-reel Winding Wheel, English, 1769-1775

Textiles Machinery

1769-1775

Model of Brunel's cotton winding machine.

Textiles Machinery

1800-1802

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

Textiles Machinery

1913-1914

Ring spinning frame, 1926.

Textiles Machinery

1926
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

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

Textiles Machinery

1871

Thomas lock-stitch sewing machine, c 1853.

Textiles Machinery

patent 1853

Coloured drawing depicting Lombe's silk throwing m

Textiles Machinery

1857

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

Textiles Machinery

1948-1958

Model (scale unknown) of a contemporary ribbon loo

Textiles Machinery

1870
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

Textile printing block, wood, rectangular, with a

Textiles Machinery

1750-1830

Printing block, 1976.

Textiles Machinery

1976
Child's chain stitch Singer model 20 sewing machine first introduced in 1910.

Child's chain stitch Singer model 20 sewing machine first in

Textiles Machinery

1910-1950
Model of a handloom (as used previous to the invention of the fly shuttle in 1733), made 1730-1800.

Model of a handloom (as used previous to the invention of the fly shuttle in 1733)

Textiles Machinery

1730-1800

Lock-stitch treadle sewing machine

Textiles Machinery

1861-1868

Specimens of linen, 1783-1784.

Textiles Machinery

1783-1784