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National Wool Museum
Book, Fibre and Fabric
"Fibre and Fabric: the wool, cotton, textile and allied industries in Melbourne's West" - Gary Vines, 1993. This book is a short history of the wool, cotton, textile and allied industries of the area west of Melbourne. It looks at how, why and when these industries developed and their effect upon the cultural and geographic landscape.textile industry - history woollen mills - history, textile industry - history, woollen mills - history -
National Wool Museum
Book, Manual for the dyeing of wool, hair and bristles, and wool in combination with other fibres
"Manual for the dyeing of wool, hair and bristles, and wool in combination with other fibres"- I G Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, 1932.textile industry, dyeing -
National Wool Museum
Book, The wool year book 1962
... Fibres Annual) 1962" Textile Industry - history Textile Machinery ..."Textile Mercury Limited: the wool year book (incorporating the Rayon and Synthetic Fibres Annual) 1962"textile industry - history textile machinery, textile mercury ltd, textile industry - history, textile machinery -
National Wool Museum
Book, Proceedings of the International Wool Textile Research Conference Australia 1955 vol. D
"Proceedings of the International Wool Textile Research Conference Australia 1955; vol. D physics of wool and other viseo-elastic fibres", produced by CSIRO.csiro -
National Wool Museum
Book, Wool: the fashion fibre
"Wool: the fashion fibre" - Australian Wool Corporation, c.1985. Examines the use of wool for womens garments and includes descriptions of processes and styles.fashion textile production, australian wool corporation, fashion, textile production -
National Wool Museum
Book, Wool: eminently suitable
"Wool: the fashion fibre" - Australian Wool Corporation, c.1985. Examines the use of wool for mens garments and includes descriptions of processes and styles.fashion textile production, australian wool corporation, fashion, textile production -
National Wool Museum
Pamphlet, Worsted Card for Man-Made Fibres Type CS-2
"Worsted Card for Man-Made Fibres, Type CS-2" - Befama Bielska Fabryka Maszyn Wlokienniczych; sole exporters: Metalexport, Warsaw, Poland, c.1950.textile machinery, metalexport bielsko textile machinery works, carding, yarn - worsted -
Wangaratta Art Gallery
Sculpture, Tulla Carson, Gathering - How to Walk in Two Worlds, 2017
Gathering is a series of contemplative sculptural objects that represent a visual continuity between the Australian landscape and the city. They embody totemic beings which hold the beliefs, values and attitudes of an individual who resides within the urban context, yet has a deep connection to place through their engagement with temporal moments and meaningful interactions. They aim to facilitate dialogue between the viewer and the viewed, seeking to re-orient an individual's perception, awareness and values surrounding the importance of fostering a connection and sense of place with the land we walk on.Wangaratta Art Gallery Collection. Purchased with funds from the Friends of Wangaratta Art Gallery.A contemporary sculpture made using weaving techniques to create a mesh-like linen cylinder tuft with raw cotton fibre mounted upon a limestone base.sculpture, textile, tulla carson -
Wangaratta Art Gallery
Textile, Treahna Hamm, Cormorant, 2011
The cormorant weaving was depicted through the traditional weaving method of the blanket stitch of the Yorta Yorta people. As birds are very significant and important in Aboriginal culture, the cormorant was created to represent the meaning of Wangaratta for the local people and wider community. The weaving is an extension of my series of works which represent wildlife along the waterways, particularly in the North East of Victoria and within my tribal homelands. In 2001 I was taught to weave at a weaving workshop held at Gas Works in Port Melbourne by old aunties from Victoria and South Australia which included Yvonne Koolmatrie. A body of my weaving works, which include turtles and spirits, is held at the National Gallery of Victoria. Other collections which hold my fibre weavings are the National Museum of Australia, Albury Museum and Wagga Wagga MuseumWangaratta Art Gallery CollectionA textile sculpture of a cormorant woven from natural and man made fibres.cormorant, treahna hamm, yorta yorta people, traditional weaving, weaving -
National Wool Museum
Textile - Rug, Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mill, 1963
The Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mills was located near the Barwon river on Pakington Street, Geelong, where its building still stands. The mill was established in October 1922 with capital acquired from War Gratuity Bonds. The mill produced fine grade woollen products with its speciality being ‘Retsol’ travelling rugs. The mill first began to run into financial troubles with the ‘Credit Squeeze’ or the ‘Holt Jolt’ of the early 1960s. This saw import restrictions lifted which triggered the start of a minor recession and a rise in unemployment. Included in these troubles was the RS&S Mill which saw the number of employees gradually decrease and business declining with cheaper imports beginning to grab an expanding part of the market share. The mill was eventually purchased by Godfrey Hirst in 1973 who tried to continue operations without success and in June 1975 textile production at the site ceased. Outside of financial considerations contributing to the closure of Woollen Mills in this period was the declining need for heavier fabrics as in-home heating and insulation improved. This need had been replaced for a demand for ever softer, finer and lighter worsted fabrics for more casual clothing. Modern day textile production requires fewer steps in the processing of materials for this use. This meant large factory complexes such as early woollen mills like the RS&S mills were no longer required. Compared to modern textile production which can spin a fine yarn out of synthetic fibre or imported cotton easily, spinning fine yarn from medium quality wool at a textile factory was cumbersome and no longer financially viable to suit new consumer demands. This rug provides context to this statement. It was gifted to Shirley and Gordon Green as a wedding present in November 1963 by one of Gordon's colleagues in the wool industry. Living in areas such as Neutral Bay, the Hornsby area and later in life retiring to the Central Coast, the blanket was too heavy for use in these weather conditions and hence it stayed in its original box for nearly 60 years. Top and bottom of rug has frilled edges. Pattern is titled the 'Clan Cameron' and is repeated in a 7x7 grid. Front of rug has a red background with 4 vertical and horizontal lines. All is surrounded by a yellow boarder. Label is stitched into the bottom right corner. Reverse of rug also has a repeating 7x7 grid. Blue background with thick green horizontal stripe. Yellow and red boarder to the grid with 4 red vertical and horizontal lines making up the interior. Rug measure 1550 x 2040mm, approximately the same size as a queen size mattress.Wording, Bottom right corner. THE GEELONG R.S&S. WOOLEN MILLS/ PURE/ WOOL/ AUSTRALIA/ The John Monash Rug (cursive)/ The Clan Cameron (cursive)rs&s mills, textile manufacture, rug, clan cameron, sydney greasy wool exchange -
National Wool Museum
Picker
... them with other fibres. Typically, at a textile mill... the fibres (which can also be done by hand just by pulling the lock ...Wool picking machine designed to separate locks of wool before it is carded and spun. The picker opens the wool’s locks which makes it easier to send the fleece through a carding machine. It does this by teasing the fibres (which can also be done by hand just by pulling the lock structure apart), but a picker does this in bulk and much quicker than what can be done by hand. It is possible to spin fibres directly after the picking stage; however, it is usually more desirable to card and blend them with other fibres. Typically, at a textile mill, a picking machine can separate enough lengths of fibre for a full day’s work after just a single hour. It will also help to remove any vegetation matter or other any unwanted elements that may be present in the wool. The quality of the casting on this machine suggest that it was made locally, either in Australia or New Zealand. Mike Leggett, the donor of the machine, acquired it from New Zealand where the seller said it had been used by his father to pick wool to make hand stuffed horse saddles. Mike attempted to used it a couple of times to pick alpaca hair, but the speed of the attached motor caused damage to the fibres. The motor is thought to be an added attachment, sometime around the 1960s judging by its age, while the machine itself is thought to be dated around the 1920s. The machine works by inserting wool through the rollers. Initially there was a conveyor belt feeder system which was powered by the handle on the side. This conveyor belt has been removed however, most likely due to age and deterioration. Wool is now fed through the initial teeth and is met by a spiked rotating drum which works to separate the fibres. The separated fibres would then complete a loop of the drum before being dispatched somewhere below, around where the motor presently sits, at a rapid rate of speed. Typically this wool will be collected in a closet or large catchment area, as can be seen from the 8:47 minute marker in the linked video (link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMjx-t3tH3A). It is not apparent how the wool is collected with this machine. Red and green machine with four green legs currently attached to a wooden pallet with wheels for easy movement. The green legs lead up to a red central circular barrel from which many attachments are present. Also present on the wooden pallet is a small black motor which is attached by a rubber belt to the central drum inside the red barrel. The belt spins the wooden drum via a dark red circular plate attached to the side of the drum. On the other side of the red barrel, a green handle extends for turning the picker’s conveyor belt feeder system. Two green walls extend forward from the central red barrel, guarding either side of where the conveyor belt would have been. At the start of these walls is a wooden cylinder, which the conveyor belt would have wrapped around, followed by two interlocking gears which rotate and accept the fed wool. The red roof extends over the central cylinder from here, securing the wool inside and protecting hands from the heavily spiked internal wooden cylinder which rotates and separates (picks) the wool. Extending over the top of this red roof is a green handle which reaches to the back of the machine (not pictured). Here it accepts a weight to ensure pressure is always present for the initial feeder interlocked gear teeth. There are two large gear cogs on the rubber belt side of the machine and 3 small gear cogs on the handle side of the machine, all coloured green. A green handle is also present at the rear of the machine, below the location from which the weight is hanging. A power cable extends from the motor and there are two adjustable metal rods on the top of the machine, the purpose of these rods is presently unknown. Black texter. On top of drum. Wording: HG3707 Wording. Imprint: BRACEWIND BLYN On motor. Wording AEIwool picking, textile manufacturing, wool processing -
National Wool Museum
Tool - Drum Carder, Kacoonda, c.1980
This drum carder was purchase by Gill Stange at the Whittlesea Show in the late 1980s. The carder allowed Gill to spin fleece from her own Merino sheep. Merino is a difficult wool to spin when compared to other popular varieties, such as Corriedale or crossbred wool. The carder helped her to tease out the fleece, slightly separating the fibres before spinning. It also allowed for easier removal of foreign matters, such as seeds and mud. Little is known about the Kacoonda brand who produced the carder. They were Australian based and appear to have only operated throughout the 1980s.The carder has one large central roller with two smaller rollers on either side. The larger roller rotates in the inverse direction of the two smaller rollers. The carding cloth is a mint green in which closely spaced wire pins are embedded. The shape, length, diameter, and spacing of these wire pins is that of a standard carder. On one side of the carder a handle is found that is used to spin the three rollers. Additionally on this side is a sticker which reads “The Kacoonda Carder. Subject to Patent Action”. A Silver grip for the easy movement of the carder can also be found high on this side. On the opposite side of the carder, many nuts and plates can be found which hold the rollers in place. This is opposed to the other side of the carder, which has a brown plastic cover plate attached underneath the handle. The walls providing a path for the carded wool to follow when being carded, are made of wood. The carder comes complete with a teasing tool. This tool has the same mint green carding cloth as the carder’s rollers. It is attached to a simple wood handle for ease of use.Wording, green, printed. Sticker on side of carder. “The Kacoonda Carder / SUBJECT TO PATENT ACTION”whittlesea show, drum carder, textile production, carding wool, kacoonda -
National Wool Museum
Book, Fibre and Fabric
"Fibre and Fabric: the wool, cotton, textile and allied industries in Melbourne's West" - Gary Vines, 1993. This book is a short history of the wool, cotton, textile and allied industries of the area west of Melbourne. It looks at how, why and when these industries developed and their effect upon the cultural and geographic landscape.FIBRE AND FABRIC / Gary Vines / Melbourne's Living Museum of the West Incorportatedtextile industry - history woollen mills - history, textile industry - history, woollen mills - history -
National Wool Museum
Sample, Card Clothing
Card clothing sample manufactured by Samuel Law and Sons, Cleckheaton and probably sent to the Collins Bros Mill at the same time as W621. Card clothing is defined as 'the leather or other stiff material which holds the wire staples, the points of which project outwardly and form the carding teeth which operated on the fibres.' This fits into a carding machine ("The Textile Industries" vol. 8 - William S. Murphy, 1911).Card clothing sample, comprising rows of bent wires mounted on a thick rectangular leather base. Wrapped in tissue printed with an engraving of the factory where it was made and housed in an olive green lidded cardboard box, the interior of which is printed with an image of the manufacturer's factory.SAMUEL LAW & SONS, / Manufacturers all kinds Card Clothing. / Moorland Mills. / CLECKHEATON, England. SAMPLE OF CARD CLOTHING / FROM / SAMUEL LAW & SONS, / (branch of the English Card Clothing Company, Limited). / CLECKEATON. / MOORLAND MILLSsamuel law and sons collins bros mill pty ltd, carding, card clothing -
National Wool Museum
Samples, "From Sheep to Sleep"
Samples of wool, fibres and cloth demonstrating the processes in the creation of blankets, from greasy wool to finished cloth, produced by Collins Bros Pty Ltd.Samples of wool, fibres and cloth demonstrating the processes in the creation of blankets, from greasy wool to finished cloth, produced by Collins Bros Pty Ltd."From Sheep to Sleep" when buying Blankets or Flannels, always look for, and insist on "PHYSICIAN' 'CHILLPROOF' Brand Only the finest and best of wool used in the production of "Physician" Productstextile industry - education, collins bros mill pty ltd, blankets -
National Wool Museum
Quilt, Green Ladder
Winner of Expressions 2008: The Wool Quilt Prize Artist Statement: 'My friend Vriginia named this quilt for me and I thought "of course". A ladder is a means of rising or climbing and I began this work woth a sense of freedom. In this case freedom from entrapment of thought, feeling and creativity.'W7184 'Green Ladder' Catalogue for 'The New Quilt 2003: an exhibition of contemporary quilt textiles' Jo Steele's entry in 'The New Quilt 2003' catalogue Jo Steele's Curriculum Vitae Photocopy from Quilters Guild Magazine, 1998. Jo Steele's 'Eggshells & Iron Bars' Photocopy from catalogue '2002: One step further marvellous minatures', including Jo Steele's entry. Photocopy from '2007 Australian Cotton Fibre Expo'. Jo Steele entry 704. Includes first prize certificate for Section 7: Contemporary Quilting and Patchwork. Certificate awarded to Jo Steele for 'Chill Out!' 2004. Winner 'Fashion Extravaganza' Category. Photocopy from catalogue for 'Territory Craft 30th Alice Craft Acquisition'. Jo Steele entry 133. Photocopy from catalogue for 'The 29th Alice Craft Acquisition'. Jo Steele entries 143 and 144.Jo Steel 34 Neale Street Katoomba 2780 NSW 0413 074 604 'Green Ladder'quilting textile art, steele, ms jo, quilting, textile art -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Textile - Lace Trim
This is quite a fine and dainty trim which appears to have been made with a fine linen thread or cotton combined with another fibre, possibly silk or rayon. It has been made by machine in the Valenciennes style as one can see from the diamond shaped ground. Handmade Valenciennes bobbin lace was very costly and time consuming to produce. One pair of ruffles costing £160 would take a lace maker ten months of fifteen hour days to create. Valenciennes was a lace making town on the French- Flemish border and in 1780 had 4000 lace makers but due to the revolution of 1789 the number was reduced to 250. It was initially Flemish but was claimed by the French however the centre for Valenciennes lace eventually diverted back to Ghent and Ypres in Belgium. Valenciennes lace was simpler to produce than Mechlin lace, and was never used for expensive garments. Instead it was applied to bed linen, lingerie, and the fichu (a woman's scarf wrapped over the shoulders and fastened in front).This lace was favoured by Queen Victoria, the Empress Eugenie and others as a trim on undergarments. The basic undergarments were stays, shift (smock, chemise or shirt), petticoat and drawers although drawers were not in general use until the mid-19th century when the tendency of the crinoline to become airborne or to tilt itself at embarrassing angles made a covering garment for the nether regions essential. Drawers were just two cylinders for the legs, joined at the waist with the lower ends frilled or trimmed with lace. Due to its lightness and neatness Valenciennes was favoured although very expensive. Centres in both France and Belgium were soon producing a neat copy. This specimen is one of the wide variety of machine imitations which were made, some so exact as to be almost undetectable. The best was the Barmen form which used linen thread. Only one width could be made at a time so it was much more expensive than that made on the large Leavers machine. Churchill Island has a large lace collection, which was added to by three successive generations of the Amess family - Jane, Janet, and Unity. The Amess family owned Churchill Island from 1872 to 1929. Jane was wife of Samuel Amess, who was the first Samuel Amess to own Churchill Island. The examples of lace are notable for their variety, and provide representative examples of techniques from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Length of lace trim of Valenciennes lace with diamond shape ground.janet amess lace collection, lace, churchill island, trim, machine -
Parks Victoria - Days Mill and Farm
Textile - Assorted textile objects
Two cloth bags, one with a drawstring. Both bags have inscriptions. Also a portion of string fibres and a double headed brush - each brush head wound with wire.On bag with drawstring, the British coat of arms then , "WALKERS / PARK.R & CO / Patent Shot / LONDON / No. 2". On other bag, "HAMEL / VICTORIA TOWER / PATENT SHOT / No 2". -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive - Laboratory Books, Spinning in the 70's, P.R. Lord
From Dye Laborataory AUNDE / Norwellan North Western Woolen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDEPurple cover with black image of FibreJohn Bennett April 71manufacturing -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Textile - Tapestry, Portlands Fibre Group, Women's View On Peace, 1987
International Year of Peace TapestryTapestry depicting three outlines of doves, with depictions within their outlined shape of stars, flowers, and two sets of (depicted in white and brown) holding wheat and corn. The background is composed of rainbow colours arranged in horizontal strips, with red at the top and indigo at the base.textile, international year of peace, tapestry, wool, weave -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Textile - Tapestry, Portland Fibre Group, Tall Ships Tapestry, 1989-1992
Funding from Bicentenary Committee. Valerie Kirk assisted with cartoon, PFG did the rest. Presented to Cr. Bernard Wallace, 11 December 1992, and unveiled at Portland Library.Large tapestry with central image depicting people, animals, landmarks and activities on the foreshore of Portland harbour. Surrounded by a yellow border with symbols of history, industry and immigration on both sides. Hung by a wood panel across top.Back: VKIRK RT JH RS DA - - (tapestry letters in varied colours, lower right edge) PS GWEC ODME OK MS (Tapestry letters in varied colours, lower left edge)textile, tapestry, tall ships, bicentenary -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Artwork, other - Tapestry, Tapestry - Town of Portland Coat of Arms, 1996-2004
... on the hem). Back: (no inscriptions) Made by Portland Fibre Group ...Made by Portland Fibre Group, 1996-2004: specifically Mary Sharrock, Dot Kelly, Ollie Dellar, Doris Amor and Ede Bailey.Tapestry woven in wool on twine warp. Cream coloured background with pale blue flecks of colour, central motif of coat of arms - features two birds standing on grey platforms to either side of shield. Central to the shield is a masted sailing vessel sitting atop blue and white horizontal lines representing the ocean. Around the sails of the vessel are radiating yellow rays and a blue surrounds representing sunburst against blue sky. The top third of shield shows a pair of sheep heads against a red background. Above the shield is depicted a helmet, crowned with a whale. Blue plumage is shown coming from the helmet and framing the whale.Front: (Weavers' initials, except Ede Bailey, woven into tapestry and are seen on the hem). Back: (no inscriptions)town of portland, textile, tapestry, weaving -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book - Laboratory Reference Book, Handbook of Polyolefin Fibres, J. Gordon Cook
Textbook. Lab Reference - Norwellan & AUNDE North Western Woolen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDEDark Blue hardcover with light blue Dust CoverJohn T Bennett Lyddon Hall Leeds 8/10/1969manufacturing -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book - Laboratory Reference Book, Fibre Structure, J.W.S. Hearle and R.H. Peters
Textbook. Lab Reference - Norwellan & AUNDE North Western Woolen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDEDark Blue hardcover with light blue Dust CoverJohn T Bennett Lyddon Hall Leeds 8/10/1969manufacturing -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Booklet - Laboratory Reference Book, The Chemistry of Wool and Related Fibres, by J.B. Speakman
Lecture Notes Reprinted from The Journal of the Textile Institute, Lab Reference - Norwellan & AUNDE North Western Woolen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDELight Green soft cover booklet with Dark Blue title on covermanufacturing -
Federation University Art Collection
Work on paper - Artwork - Bookplate, Sharon Tomkins, 'Ex Libris Giselle Penn' by Sharon Tomkins, 2001
The Keith Wingrove Trust conducts a competition among Australian artists, graphic designers and students for the production of Ex Libris Bookplates. The competition is called The Australian Bookplate Design Award. The purpose of the competition is to increase interest in and to attract publicity to the artistic value of bookplates. Although the competition is referred to as 'Australian' there is a category of award open to International artists. This bookplate was entered in the 2001 Australian Bookplate Design Awards.Graphic Print bookplate for fibre artist, Giselle Penn, who loves textures and brilliant colour. The design was made with the colours and patterns to portray Giselle Penn's art making and to show the theme of textiles or fabrics. Signed below artwork '9/10 Sharon Tompkins 2001'bookplate, sharon tomkins, textiles, australian bookplate design award, keith wingrove memorial trust -
National Wool Museum
Photograph - Product Photograph, Tape Condenser
These are sales photographs for William Tatham Ltd. of Rochdale. These photographs are taken in the fitting shop at William Tatham Ltd. where final assembly would have taken place. A Tape Condenser is a device that receives the wide fibre web from a woollen card, divides it, and rubs each section into a sliver. The photographed machine was made by William Tatham Ltd, a textile engineering company based in Rochdale, UK. Established in 1866 Tatham developed innovative textile machinery and send their products to Australia and other countries around the world.Two black and white photos of a Tape Condenser in a landscape format. The first photo is of the front of the machine, the second is of the rear.8038.1 - Front - top margin: For description see over. Front mid right edge - Wm. TATHAM Ltd. ROCHDALE. Machine Maker Front bottom right corner - 1138 Rear - Showing new model Tape Condenser with all-Perspex Guards, new gear box type of main drive to Condenser. New mounting of all Tape Rollers, cross shaft drive to Variable Speed Gear Box for drive to rubber shaft and many other improved features. 8038.2 - Front mid right edge - Wm. TATHAM Ltd. ROCHDALE. Machine Maker Front bottom right corner - 1140 Rear - New Model Four-teir Tape Condenser showing rubbing motion side Note greatly improved guarding completely enclosing rubbing motion and gearing, also Variable Speed Drive to Rubbing Motiom via heavy ‘V’ Belt. The drive is taken by cross-shaft from the main gearing of the Condenser. Rubbing Motion has all roller bearing eccentrics throughout.textile machinery, tatham, wool manufacture, tape condenser -
National Wool Museum
Photograph - Product Photograph, Semi-Continental Card Set
These are sales photographs for William Tatham Ltd. of Rochdale. These photographs are taken in the fitting shop at William Tatham Ltd. where final assembly would have taken place. A carding machine disentangles and cleans wool fibres and then aligns the individual fibres so that they are parallel with each other.The photographed machine was made by William Tatham Ltd, a textile engineering company based in Rochdale, UK. Established in 1866 Tatham developed innovative textile machinery and send their products to Australia and other countries around the world.Two black and white photos of an Semi-Continental Card Set in a landscape format. The first photo is of the whole machine, the second is a close up of the mid section of the machine.8038.1 - Front - top margin: For description see over. Front mid right edge - Wm. TATHAM Ltd. ROCHDALE. Machine Maker Front bottom right corner - 1131 Rear - Semi-Continental Card Set arranged to receive latest pattern Automatic Feed fitted with Peralta, improved type Parallel Fiber Feed permitting of passageway between Scribbler and Carder. Four-tier Continuous Tape Condenser. 8038.2 - Front - top margin: For description see over. Front mid right edge - Wm. TATHAM Ltd. ROCHDALE. Machine Maker Front bottom right corner - 1132 Rear - Showing Peralta with hydraulic pressure to rollers and working with improved pattern Parallel Fibre Feed arranged with passage between the two main sections.textile machinery, tatham, carding machine, wool manufacture -
National Wool Museum
Photograph - Product Photograph, Patent Parallel Fibre Feed
These are sales photographs for William Tatham Ltd. of Rochdale. These photographs are taken in the fitting shop at William Tatham Ltd. where final assembly would have taken place. The Patent Parallel Fibre Feed machine is used for connecting Breaker and Finisher Card Sections. The photographed machine was made by William Tatham Ltd, a textile engineering company based in Rochdale, UK. Established in 1866 Tatham developed innovative textile machinery and send their products to Australia and other countries around the world.A black and white photo of a Patent Parallel Fibre Feed in a landscape format. Black wiritng on the rear, typed with a typewriter. Front - top margin: For description see over. Front mid left edge - Wm. TATHAM Ltd. ROCHDALE. Machine Maker Front bottom right corner - 1106 On machine bottom right quadrant - TATHAMS Rear - New Patent Parallel Fibre Feed for connecting Breaker and Finisher Card Sections. This Machine incorporates a completely new type Plaiter Motion, the operation of which is quite unique.textile machinery, tatham, wool manufacture, carding, patent parallel fibre feed machine -
National Wool Museum
Textile - Textile fragment, c.1797
Woollen fabric fragment from the wreck of ship "Sydney Cove" found underwater after many years.Small fragment of woven woollen fabric, brown colour. with some white fibres through it. The fragment is frayed and coming apart. It is boxed in a circular clear plastic lidded container, taped and with a typed paper label on the lid.Wording: Fabric scrap from/wreck of ship "Sydney Cove"/ NWM 940112";Method: typed;Location: on label on lidwool - history textile history textile mills textile mills, wool - history, textile history, textile mills