Textile industry / production
![Beatrix Fitzalan](thumbnails/Beatrix-Fitzalan-female-c14.jpg)
Beatrix Fitzalan, c. 1412-20, Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle, West Sussex. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project
![Elizabeth Cobham](thumbnails/Elizabeth-Cobham-1403.jpg)
Elizabeth Cobham, 1403, St Peter and St Paul, Lingfield, Surrey. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project
![Eve with distaff, detail of wall painting, c. 1300](thumbnails/Eve-spinning-(C14)-Bledlow.jpg)
Eve with distaff, detail of wall painting, c. 1300, Holy Trinity, Bledlow, Buckinghamshire. Photo courtesy of the churchwardens at Holy Trinity
![Circular black glass spindle whorl](thumbnails/000490.jpg)
Circular black glass spindle whorl: 6th century © Museum of London
![Burse panel](thumbnails/Burse-Panel.jpg)
Burse panel, velvet with embroidered with silk and metallic threads: c. 1320-40 © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
![Embroidered figures](thumbnails/Embroidered-Figures.jpg)
Embroidered figures, linen figures embroidered with silk and metallic threads: c. 1430-40 © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
![Frontal band](thumbnails/Frontal-Band.jpg)
Frontal band, linen embroidered with silks and silver gilt: first half of 14th century © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
![Orphrey panel (now part of cushion)](thumbnails/Orphrey-(Cushion).jpg)
Orphrey panel (now part of cushion), embroidered with silk and metallic threads: c. 1329-54 © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
![Orphrey panel](thumbnails/Orphrey-Panel.jpg)
Orphrey panel, linen embroidered with silk and metallic threads: c. 1380-1410 © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Stole, linen embroidered with silks and silver gilt: 1290-1340 © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London