Cotton Collection (page 7)

Sectional view of a carding engine, 1866
3479124 Sectional view of a carding engine, 1866; (add.info.: Sectional view of a carding engine: this machine brushed and separated the cotton fibres. Dated 1866.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Carding engine, 1845
3479127 Carding engine, 1845; (add.info.: Carding engine incorporating an early improvement which brought off carded cotton in a continuous sliver)

Cotton Mill, 1851
3479014 Cotton Mill, 1851; (add.info.: Cotton Mill, Stockport. From the pictorial gallery of Arts, Charles Knight, London 1851.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Reel of cotton thread (b/w photo)
8625924 Reel of cotton thread (b/w photo) by Henning, Paul (1898-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Magnified detail of a reel of cotton thread)

Textile Factory: Kirk Boott Cotton Industry (1791-1837) on the Merrimack River (Merrimac), Lowell, Massachusetts
NWI4826117 Textile Factory: Kirk Boott Cotton Industry (1791-1837) on the Merrimack River (Merrimac), Lowell, Massachusetts, USA in the 1850s

Workers making cotton balls in a cotton press in southern Italy, years 1880. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4825471 Workers making cotton balls in a cotton press in southern Italy, years 1880. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Dyeing cotton, Lancashire
2602615 Dyeing cotton, Lancashire; (add.info.: Dyeing cotton, Lancashire, England. Passing lengths of cloth through an alum solution before dyeing)

A cotton shoot on the Mississippi
2602547 A cotton shoot on the Mississippi; (add.info.: A cotton shoot on the Mississippi, USA, with paddle steamer being loaded with bales at the quay)

Man moving a length of cotton cloth through a dye-beck
2602612 Man moving a length of cotton cloth through a dye-beck; (add.info.: Man moving a length of cotton cloth through the solution in a dye-beck, winding it from one roller to another, Lancashire)

Scutching flax
3478865 Scutching flax; (add.info.: Scutching flax. Engraving after Daniel Nicolas Chodowiecki (1726-1801). Scutching is a step in the processing of cotton or the dressing of flax in preparation for

Man of Timor in cotton shawl and skirt, holding a kris dagger. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic
FLO4695488 Man of Timor in cotton shawl and skirt, holding a kris dagger. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland

Burmese man in cotton jacket and silk plaid loincloth, smoking a cheroot or segar (cigar)
FLO4565493 Burmese man in cotton jacket and silk plaid loincloth, smoking a cheroot or segar (cigar). His loins are tattooed and his ear lobes pierced

Indian gardener in jacket and turban of white cotton, and kupra of coarse yellow cotton
FLO4565374 Indian gardener in jacket and turban of white cotton, and kupra of coarse yellow cotton. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from " Asiatic Costumes

Engraving of Samuel Crompton, c. 1860 (engraving)
1574508 Engraving of Samuel Crompton, c. 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Samuel Crompton (1753-1827) English inventor. His spinning mule of 1779

Loading bales of cotton for export, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Wood engraving c1870
530415 Loading bales of cotton for export, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Wood engraving c1870; Universal History Archive/UIG

Adult hand with boy assistant working cotton, 1845 (engraving)
533903 Adult hand with boy assistant working cotton, 1845 (engraving); (add.info.: Forming cotton into laps so that it could be put into the carding machine in a uniform amounts)

Bales of Cotton being put into Railway-Cars, Texas, USA (b/w photo)
8652061 Bales of Cotton being put into Railway-Cars, Texas, USA (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bales of Cotton being put into Railway-Cars)

Advertising card for J & P Coats cotton (chromolitho)
8677745 Advertising card for J & P Coats cotton (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cotton, 1, Picking "seed cotton, " W Indies (colour litho)
8659401 Cotton, 1, Picking "seed cotton, " W Indies (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cotton, 1, Picking "seed cotton, " W Indies)

Agriculture: Cotton plant. 19th century colour engraving
NWI4825434 Agriculture: Cotton plant. 19th century colour engraving; (add.info.: Agriculture: Cotton plant. 19th century colour engraving); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Dace or ayah, Indian nurse, in petticoat and jacket of cotton, and muslin shawl, with European child
FLO4565349 Dace or ayah, Indian nurse, in petticoat and jacket of cotton, and muslin shawl, with European child. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from " Asiatic Costumes

Cotton Mills, Miles Platting, Manchester, England in the 19th century
3083194 Cotton Mills, Miles Platting, Manchester, England in the 19th century.; Private Collection; (add.info.: From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published c. 1900)

Light brown riding habit, 1820s (cotton)
8832557 Light brown riding habit, 1820s (cotton) by English School, (19th century); Fashion Museum Bath; © Fashion Museum Bath

Map of the clothing of the world's inhabitants. Completely naked (red), wearing animal skins (brown)
FLO4703343 Map of the clothing of the world's inhabitants. Completely naked (red), wearing animal skins (brown), clothed in wool (gold)

Sea island cotton plant, Gossypium barbadense. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph
FLO4995319 Sea island cotton plant, Gossypium barbadense. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehler's Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany

Power loom for weaving cotton, c.1840 (engraving)
538588 Power loom for weaving cotton, c.1840 (engraving); (add.info.: Power loom for weaving cotton. Model illustrated is that invented by Roberts (c1815-20)

Cotton spinning and reeling.Mogadishu. Somalia. 1885 (engraving)
6947908 Cotton spinning and reeling.Mogadishu. Somalia. 1885 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cotton weaving.Mogadishu, Somalia)

the cotton trade, from the american plantations to the cloth shop, early 20th century
1790195 the cotton trade, from the american plantations to the cloth shop, early 20th century; (add.info.: the cotton trade, from the american plantations to the cloth shop)

Soldiers in Ypres during World War One using early gas masks, which were pads of cotton wool soaked in a solution of
3058444 Soldiers in Ypres during World War One using early gas masks, which were pads of cotton wool soaked in a solution of common washing soda

The Colonel Lamb blockade-runner, built at Liverpool, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Colonel Lamb blockade-runner, built at Liverpool, 1864. Engraving from a drawing by Mr. William Woods....an exciting race took place...between the paddle-wheel steam-boat Douglas...and

How to make calico from bread, 1919. Creator: Unknown artist
How to make calico from bread, 1919. Private Collection

Price increase in men's clothing in Sovdepien (White Guard poster), c.1919. Creator: Unknown artist
Price increase in men's clothing in Sovdepien (White Guard poster), c.1919. Private Collection

Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Found in the Collection of the Ville de Paris, Bibliotheque Forney

Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Found in the Collection of the Ville de Paris, Bibliotheque Forney

Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Found in the Collection of the Ville de Paris, Bibliotheque Forney

Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Found in the Collection of the Ville de Paris, Bibliotheque Forney

Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Found in the Collection of the Ville de Paris, Bibliotheque Forney

Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Found in the Collection of the Ville de Paris, Bibliotheque Forney

Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Found in the Collection of the Ville de Paris, Bibliotheque Forney

Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Woman among flowers (printed fabric), 1898-1899. Found in the Collection of the Ville de Paris, Bibliotheque Forney

The International Exhibition: the Brazilian Court... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: the Brazilian Court - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. The collection comprised diamonds, emeralds, topazes, amethysts, jasper

Cotton from India: a cotton convoy - night encampment under a banyan-tree, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Cotton from India: a cotton convoy proceeding from Rewah towards the Ganges - night encampment under a banyan-tree, 1862....a small convoy of solid wooden-wheeled carts, pad bullocks

Cotton from India: a cotton fleet descending the Ganges - casting off from Mirzapore, 1862. Creator: Smyth
Cotton from India: a cotton fleet descending the Ganges - casting off from Mirzapore early in the morning, 1862. Boats en route to...Calcutta, for the purpose of shipping the cotton to Europe

Calico printing machines powered by belt and shafting through cog wheels from a central energy source (steam or water)
527933 Calico printing machines powered by belt and shafting through cog wheels from a central energy source (steam or water). Hand-coloured engraving, London, 1834.; Universal History Archive/UIG

African-Americans picking cotton on plantation beside the Mississippi, c1883
528415 African-Americans picking cotton on plantation beside the Mississippi, c1883. Plantation house left, workers cabins to its right. Jetty for loading cotton bales, centre

Burning northern forest
Eiji Itoyama

Cotton Flowers
Treechild

Cotton blue
Ewa Cwikla

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"Cotton: A Timeless Thread Weaving Through History" From the intricate textile designs of William Morris to the iconic Marimekko hat, it has left an indelible mark on fashion and design. In 1883, "The Strawberry Thief" showcased Morris' mastery in creating exquisite patterns using this versatile fabric. In 1953, Harvey Nichols captured the essence of luxury with their advertisement featuring cotton garments. The softness and breathability made it a preferred choice for discerning customers seeking comfort without compromising style. But let's not forget where it all begins – Gossypium barbadense, the cotton plant. This humble plant has been cultivated for centuries, providing us with fibers that have revolutionized industries around the world. In Lancashire, England, Horrockses Crewdson & Co became synonymous with quality cotton products. Their skilled mill workers spun thread into beautiful fabrics that adorned homes and wardrobes alike. The sight of Arkwrights Cotton Mills by Night in Cromford evokes a sense of awe at the scale and ingenuity behind this industry. As golf enthusiasts flipped through books penned by Cotton himself or witnessed Lancashire weavers expertly maneuvering their looms aboard a cotton barge, they were reminded of its enduring influence on various aspects of life. Step inside a spinning mill in Rochdale or Preston, Lancashire – you'll witness firsthand the dedication and hard work put into transforming raw cotton into fine textiles. These mills served as bustling hubs where communities thrived on their shared passion for craftsmanship. Fast forward to 1970 when Roger Corbett's production TT race bike bore his name "Cotton. " It symbolized speed and precision while paying homage to this remarkable material that had stood the test of time. Whether adorning our bodies or enhancing our surroundings, cotton remains an integral part of our lives. Its journey from seed to fabric is one filled with innovation and artistry, leaving an enduring legacy that continues to shape our world.