Textile industry / production
Beatrix Fitzalan, c. 1412-20, Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle, West Sussex. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project
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, Holy Trinity, Bledlow, Buckinghamshire. Photo courtesy of the churchwardens at Holy Trinity
Circular black glass spindle whorl: 6th century © Museum of London
Burse panel, velvet with embroidered with silk and metallic threads: c. 1320-40 © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Embroidered figures, linen figures embroidered with silk and metallic threads: c. 1430-40 © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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), embroidered with silk and metallic threads: c. 1329-54 © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Orphrey panel, linen embroidered with silk and metallic threads: c. 1380-1410 © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Stole, linen embroidered with silks and silver gilt: 1290-1340 © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London