Wellcome uses cookies.

Read our policy
Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events
112 results
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a man working at a loom (top), details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, three workmen in a drying room (top), equipment (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a small loom for child apprentice weavers to learn on. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: the old method of attaching the rollers on a tapestry weaving loom. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Votive picture: a woman praying before a painting or tapestry of the Virgin and Child in glory. Oil painting.
  • Votive picture: a woman praying before a painting or tapestry of the Virgin and Child in glory. Oil painting.
  • Votive picture: a woman praying before a painting or tapestry of the Virgin and Child in glory. Oil painting.
  • Votive picture: a woman praying before a painting or tapestry of the Virgin and Child in glory. Oil painting.
  • People eating and drinking before a tapestry; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, parts of a loom (top), details of the tensioning mechanism (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, details of the use of pincers (top), and sewing needles (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, a furnace (top), fuel wood on a barrow or handcart (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a weaver sewing different coloured threads at the back of the work. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, the warp beam of a loom (top), detail of the shuttle (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, two men tensioning a loom (top), one man tensioning a loom (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • A variety of beggars, members of the organization of the "Argot". Wood engraving by A. Rivaud after a tapestry in Reims.
  • A variety of beggars, members of the organization of the "Argot". Wood engraving by A. Rivaud after a tapestry in Reims.
  • A variety of beggars, members of the organization of the "Argot". Wood engraving by A. Rivaud after a tapestry in Reims.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a weaver working by the light of a candle in a reflective sconce. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, three workmen in a textile dyeing workshop (top), a basket and bucket (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: a child-sized loom for apprentice weavers to learn tapestry weaving on, elevation (top), section (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a new type of loom being raised to working tension (top), details of the improvements (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, a vat in an interior with dyers at work (top), washing cloth in a river (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • A young woman is sitting in a chair with a tapestry in a frame in front of her, trying to be distracted from the thought of her forced marriage. Engraving by W.H. Simmons, 1840, after J.H. Nixon.
  • A clyster in use. Oil painting by a French painter, ca. 1700(?).
  • A clyster in use. Oil painting by a French painter, ca. 1700(?).
  • A clyster in use. Oil painting by a French painter, ca. 1700(?).
  • A clyster in use. Oil painting by a French painter, ca. 1700(?).
  • Textiles: dyeing, two workmen sponging cloth dry (top), two workmen hanging cloth out on a drying rack (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • A man caresses a woman; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.