General
- The Industrialization of Textiles: A Timeline
- The Inventions that led to the Industrial Revolution’s Textile Industry
- The Industrial Revolution, Textiles, and Empire
Creating thread and yarn
- Carding wool by hand
- Carding wool by machine
- Spinning wheel
- James Hargreaves's Spinnning Jenny (1750-57)
- Modern replica of Arkwrights's Water Frame (1775)
- Samuel Compton's Spinning Mule (1779)
- Mule spinner creating cotton thread
Coloring thread and yarn
Weaving and knitting
- Power Loom
- Power Loom with Shuttles
- Power Loom (detail)
- Jacquard Punch Card Loom, eighteenth century
- Jacquard Punch Card Loom, nineteenth century
- Circular Knitting Machine (1891)
- Weaving narrow fabric (cord, belting)
Related material
- Textile design (sitemap)
- Textile Design: An Introduction (Decorative Arts)
- Textiles and Textile Design by William Morris and Morris & Co.
- The Technologies of Victorian Dressmaking and Tailoring (sitemap)
- Wallpaper
- Embroidery
- From a Pin to a Steam engine: Prosser’s History of Birmingham Industrial Patents
Linen Bleachers and Calico Printers — stained glass windows by Stephen Adam
Last modified 1 June 2020