Galerie

Textile industry

From its role at the forefront of the industrial revolution to today's fast fashion, the textile industry - whether cotton and linen, weaving and spinning - has employed people across Europe for centuries. Gallery curated by Europeana Common Culture project partners

Rijksmuseum

Wardens were the supervisors and governors of the Drapers’ Guild. They were responsible for inspecting fabrics, determining the types of woollens and the manner of weaving and dyeing. Pieter Pietersz’s group portrait is still firmly rooted in the 16th-cen…

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Svenska Yllekoncernen, Borås. Spinning av yllegarn.

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Schullström & Sjöströms Fabrik Södermanland.

Örebro County Museum

Room interior, spinning, spinning coat and two women.

Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive - Cultural Foundation of the National Bank Of Greece
Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive - Cultural Foundation of the National Bank Of Greece
Bohuslän Museum

According to the photographer, “Uddevalla. Schwartzman & Nordström. Interior S. Hamngift.” Interior of the Tigers plant at S. Hamni1937. Scwartzman & Nordström started his confectionery factory in 1903. In 1991 it was laid down. Small history of T…

Wellcome Collection
Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Schullström & Sjöströms Fabrik Södermanland.

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

AB Förenade Yllefabrikerna i Norrköping. Spinning på Selfactor.

Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design

Slitmans fabrik Olika arbetsmoment med personal Interiör

Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design

Slitmans fabrik Olika arbetsmoment med personal Interiör

Gävleborg County Museum

Oklippt, maskinvävd handduksväv av halvlinne tillverkad vid Torsåkers linnefabriks aktiebolag. Verksam omkring 1923-1957 (med viss reservation). Vävd i kypertvariatinern med naturfärgad botten med röda effektränder. Försedd med pappersetiketter med tillve…

Europeana Foundation

NL Op een avond in februari 1963 kwam ik met twee andere Spanjaarden in Geldrop aan, een donker dorp. Wij kwamen uit Barcelona, een grote stad en Geldrop was toen nog heel klein. De volgende morgen gingen we te voet naar de textielfabriek. We stapten de k…

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Spinnmaskin av gjutjärn, stål och trä.

Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive - Cultural Foundation of the National Bank Of Greece
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Woollen manufacture. Spinning Jenny. ; Lowry sculp

Europeana Foundation

Snijders Manufacturenhandel, Leidsekade 81, Utrecht, a former drapery.

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Schullström & Sjöströms Fabrik Södermanland.

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Schullström & Sjöströms Fabrik Södermanland.

Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design

Slitmans fabrik Olika arbetsmoment med personal Interiör

Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design

Slitmans fabrik Olika arbetsmoment med personal Interiör

Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive - Cultural Foundation of the National Bank Of Greece
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Tapisserie de haute lisse des Gobelins, attitude de l'ouvrier pour commencer l'ouvrage. ; Radel del ; Benard fecit. Bears number: Pl.IX.; Weaver

Wellcome Collection

Lettering: The mill in which Livingstone worked at Blantyre

Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Manufacture of lint for the army in the Crimea. W. Sheeres.