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Background imageMending Collection: Medicine, Anatomy, Surgery, A doctor in his practice and workshop examining a urine bottle and referring to a book

Medicine, Anatomy, Surgery, A doctor in his practice and workshop examining a urine bottle and referring to a book, c. 1700, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Background imageMending Collection: Scotland - Lossiemouth Fisherman mending his lines

Scotland - Lossiemouth Fisherman mending his lines
Moray, Scotland - Lossiemouth Fisherman mending his lines Date: circa 1905

Background imageMending Collection: Margot Fonteyn repairing her ballet shoes

Margot Fonteyn repairing her ballet shoes
Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991), British ballet dancer

Background imageMending Collection: Silhouettes from the Somme by H. L. Oakley

Silhouettes from the Somme by H. L. Oakley
Various scenes on the Somme cut by famous silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley showing the work to be done when pursuing the retreating Germans

Background imageMending Collection: Portugal the Algarve Albufeira fisherman's beach men mending nets

Portugal the Algarve Albufeira fisherman's beach men mending nets

Background imageMending Collection: Irish Leprechaun, or Fairy Shoemaker

Irish Leprechaun, or Fairy Shoemaker
An Irish Leprechaun, or Fairy Shoemaker, working on a pile of shoes

Background imageMending Collection: Union Soldiers Fill Downtime During Civil War

Union Soldiers Fill Downtime During Civil War
A group of Northern soldiers from the Army of the Potomac takes advantage of a respite from battle to write letters and mend clothing during the American Civil War, early 1860s

Background imageMending Collection: LFB Engineering Workshop - Vehicle repairs

LFB Engineering Workshop - Vehicle repairs

Background imageMending Collection: Sewing in the Garden by Millicent Sowerby

Sewing in the Garden by Millicent Sowerby
Two girl guides sit in a picturesque garden knitting socks and comforters after their exertions gardening

Background imageMending Collection: Iban tribeswoman mending bamboo longhouse verandah floor, Lemanak River

Iban tribeswoman mending bamboo longhouse verandah floor, Lemanak River, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Background imageMending Collection: Mending Day, by Ethel Parkinson

Mending Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl sits mending a little boys breeches, while he stands uncomfortably with a towel round his waist

Background imageMending Collection: Fisherman mending nets on quayside at Katapola

Fisherman mending nets on quayside at Katapola, island of Amorgos, Cyclades, Greece, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Interior, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: Bernardus Johannes Blommers

Interior, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: Bernardus Johannes Blommers
Interior, late 19th-early 20th century. Woman sewing by a window

Background imageMending Collection: Owen Saunders-Davies and Bill Craig during the Double Twelve Race

Owen Saunders-Davies and Bill Craig during the Double Twelve Race
Owen Saunders-Davies and Bill Craig during the Double Twelve Hour Race, Brooklands, Surrey 1931. Tyre change in the pits. Driving a Talbot, they finished the race in 20th place

Background imageMending Collection: Mending Fishing nets - Egypt

Mending Fishing nets - Egypt
Two fishermen mending their fishing nets - Egypt. Date: 1936

Background imageMending Collection: Tar spreading, England, possibly 1930s

Tar spreading, England, possibly 1930s Date: circa 1930s

Background imageMending Collection: The Seamstress, 1880 (oil on panel)

The Seamstress, 1880 (oil on panel)
STM620350 The Seamstress, 1880 (oil on panel) by Bakker-Korff, Alexander Hugo (1824-82); 14.9x12.1 cm; Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri

Background imageMending Collection: Illustration of labourers working

Illustration of labourers working
UIG1578909 Illustration of labourers working; (add.info.: Illustration of labourers working)

Background imageMending Collection: Picture series Production of dolls

Picture series Production of dolls, 6, at the doll doctor, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Background imageMending Collection: Worker in the lamp industry in Berlin

Worker in the lamp industry in Berlin, fitter, Germany, 1890, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Bread baking in ancient Rome, historical

Bread baking in ancient Rome, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Background imageMending Collection: Part for the national monument for the Niederwald in the studio

Part for the national monument for the Niederwald in the studio, workshop, Niederwald monument, Germany, 1883, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century model, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Gold worker, goldsmith, in Japan

Gold worker, goldsmith, in Japan, in 1870, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Background imageMending Collection: The Arsenal in Vienna, Austria

The Arsenal in Vienna, Austria, in 1880, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Closing time, two fishermen returning to the harbour

Closing time, two fishermen returning to the harbour, France, 1890, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Shrimp fisherman, c. 1880, Historic

Shrimp fisherman, c. 1880, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Background imageMending Collection: Printers and workers in a book printer's workshop in the 17th century

Printers and workers in a book printer's workshop in the 17th century, Germany, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Johann Friedrich Voigtlaender (born 21 May 1779 in Vienna)

Johann Friedrich Voigtlaender (born 21 May 1779 in Vienna)
Johann Friedrich Voigtlaender (born 21 May 1779 in Vienna, died 28 March 1859 in Vienna) is a descendant of Johann Christoph Voigtlaender and from 1808 ran the company J. F

Background imageMending Collection: Anton Dreher senior (actually Anton Eugen Georg Dreher)

Anton Dreher senior (actually Anton Eugen Georg Dreher)
Anton Dreher senior (actually Anton Eugen Georg Dreher, born 7 June 1810 in Schwechat near Vienna, died 27 December 1863) was an Austrian brewer from the Dreher family, Historical

Background imageMending Collection: Artist's impression of the chance discovery of the principle of the telescope by children playing in the workshop

Artist's impression of the chance discovery of the principle of the telescope by children playing in the workshop of the Dutch optician Hans Lippershey (d1619), Wood engraving, 1863, Historic

Background imageMending Collection: Ein Mann haelt einen grossen Korb mit Brot in der Hand

Ein Mann haelt einen grossen Korb mit Brot in der Hand, Strassenhaendler, Baecker, um 1900, A man holding a big basket with bread, street vendor, baker, around 1900, Historic

Background imageMending Collection: A chimney sweep looks over the top of the chimney

A chimney sweep looks over the top of the chimney, from where, through an open window, he sees a man and a woman embracing at 1900, Historic

Background imageMending Collection: John Cottington, a chimney sweep

John Cottington, a chimney sweep, in elaborate traditional costume, walking through the street with smoking pipe and horn in hand, 1860, England, Historic

Background imageMending Collection: Shoemaker on the street, cobbler with many individual shoes

Shoemaker on the street, cobbler with many individual shoes, in Greece in 1840, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original of the time

Background imageMending Collection: Antique Japan, making parasols

Antique Japan, making parasols, umbrellas, in a small workshop, c. 1880, Japan, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period, Asia

Background imageMending Collection: Biblical History, Radegundis, Radegunde

Biblical History, Radegundis, Radegunde, born around 520, died 13 August 587, was the foundress of the Abbey of Ste-Croix and is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church

Background imageMending Collection: Death comes to the potter, Todten-Tantz after Beck

Death comes to the potter, Todten-Tantz after Beck, Noeller a. other painters by Georg Max. Theodor Goetz, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Background imageMending Collection: Net mending, Hastings

Net mending, Hastings, East Sussex, England. Date: 1960s

Background imageMending Collection: Net mending, Brixham

Net mending, Brixham, Devon, England. Date: 1964

Background imageMending Collection: Workshop of a clog maker in Saint Gobain around 1880

Workshop of a clog maker in Saint Gobain around 1880, France, Historic, digitally retouched reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Meat inspector, as a modern female profession in 1897

Meat inspector, as a modern female profession in 1897, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date unknown, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Chimney sweep on a bicycle, Historic

Chimney sweep on a bicycle, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

Background imageMending Collection: Meat inspector, as a modern female profession in 1897

Meat inspector, as a modern female profession in 1897, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date unknown, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Chimney sweep on bicycle, Chimney sweep on bicycle in 1870

Chimney sweep on bicycle, Chimney sweep on bicycle in 1870, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting

Background imageMending Collection: Tailoring in Venice, Italy, Historical

Tailoring in Venice, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century pattern, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: The artist paints a carved Madonna in his workshop

The artist paints a carved Madonna in his workshop, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century original

Background imageMending Collection: Explosion of the workshop for the manufacture of Chassepot cartridges

Explosion of the workshop for the manufacture of Chassepot cartridges, ammunition manufacture and ammunition depot in the arsenal of Metz, 1969, France, Historic

Background imageMending Collection: Machine for planing, shaping, sharpening and repairing files

Machine for planing, shaping, sharpening and repairing files, tools, file planing machine, manufactured by the company Kaibel and Sieber, Worms, Germany, industrial product from the year 1880

Background imageMending Collection: Historical illustration, 19th Century

Historical illustration, 19th Century, different protection systems, verschieden Sicherheitsysteme, historische Zeichnung, 19. Jahrhundert

Background imageMending Collection: Fritz Reuter (1810) (1874) Low German writer and poet

Fritz Reuter (1810) (1874) Low German writer and poet, Hanne Nuete un de luette Pudel, Eine Vogel, und Menschengeschichte, Platt, Low German, dialect, language, poet, poem, literary figure, graphic

Background imageMending Collection: Rear view of a group of friends hugging while walking

Rear view of a group of friends hugging while walking. Friendship and support concept

Background imageMending Collection: Rear view of a group of hugging friends

Rear view of a group of hugging friends. Friendship and support concept

Background imageMending Collection: Historic photograph, man repairing dolls

Historic photograph, man repairing dolls, around 1931

Background imageMending Collection: Germany, Berlin, 07.06.1991, Lesbian and gay demo

Germany, Berlin, 07.06.1991, Lesbian and gay demo, a Trabi being repaired, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: GDR, Berlin, 27. 05. 1989, backyard

GDR, Berlin, 27. 05. 1989, backyard, Oranienburger Strasse

Background imageMending Collection: In the workshop of a Schumacher as a sole trader on 12

In the workshop of a Schumacher as a sole trader on 12.5.1976 in Dortmund, Germany, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: In the workshop of a Schumacher as a sole trader on 12

In the workshop of a Schumacher as a sole trader on 12.5.1976 in Dortmund, Germany, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: In the workshop of a Schumacher as a sole trader on 12

In the workshop of a Schumacher as a sole trader on 12.5.1976 in Dortmund, Germany, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: In the workshop of a Schumacher as a sole trader on 12

In the workshop of a Schumacher as a sole trader on 12.5.1976 in Dortmund, Germany, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: In the workshop of a Schumacher as a sole trader on 12

In the workshop of a Schumacher as a sole trader on 12.5.1976 in Dortmund, Germany, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Women do men's work, repair an engine

Women do men's work, repair an engine, 1940s, Germany, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Technology, history, repair of a telephone system

Technology, history, repair of a telephone system, ca. 1930s, exact location unknown, Germany, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Robots, England, Great Britain

Robots, England, Great Britain

Background imageMending Collection: Three men repairing a boat, 1960s

Three men repairing a boat, 1960s, Baltic Sea, Germany, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Handicraft, two carpenters working in a workshop

Handicraft, two carpenters working in a workshop, 1950s, exact location unknown, Germany, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Handicraft, man with bicycle tyre

Handicraft, man with bicycle tyre, 1920s, exact place unknown, Germany, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Iserlohn girl in a man's job in a glazier's shop on 18 4 1987

Iserlohn girl in a man's job in a glazier's shop on 18 4 1987

Background imageMending Collection: Three men repairing a boat, 1960s

Three men repairing a boat, 1960s, Baltic Sea, Germany, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Iserlohn girl in a man's job in a glazier's shop on 18 4 1987

Iserlohn girl in a man's job in a glazier's shop on 18 4 1987

Background imageMending Collection: Female workers in the skilled trades

Female workers in the skilled trades, as here in a glaziers shop on 15.4.1987 in Iserlohn, are still rather rare, DEU, Germany, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: A shoemaker in his workshop repairing the shoe of a young woman who is already waiting for the repair

A shoemaker in his workshop repairing the shoe of a young woman who is already waiting for the repair, c

Background imageMending Collection: Craftsman tries to fix a broken jug and three woman watch him

Craftsman tries to fix a broken jug and three woman watch him, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Background imageMending Collection: Fisherman mending nets, Baltic Sea

Fisherman mending nets, Baltic Sea, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, fishing net, cap, beard, profession, interior, fisherman's hut, cupboard, chair, historical illustration 1880, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Fisherman's house on Nordeney

Fisherman's house on Nordeney, East Frisia, North Sea, Lower Saxony, family, fisherman, profession, wooden rack, drying fish, dried fish, basket, barrel, mending net, Germany

Background imageMending Collection: Anchor winch, sailing ship in Gdansk or GdaNsk

Anchor winch, sailing ship in Gdansk or GdaNsk, Baltic Sea, Poland, anchor chain, mending sails, sailors, historical illustration 1880, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Elbe beach in Blankenese, shore

Elbe beach in Blankenese, shore, fishermen, nets, mend, thatched house, hill, idyll, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany, historical illustration 1880, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: In the poor quarter, Paris, alley

In the poor quarter, Paris, alley, gutter, gabled houses, decay, damage, repair, builders, pedestrians, France, historical illustration around 1898, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: Berlin workshop, Berlin, worker

Berlin workshop, Berlin, worker, room, filing, tool, handwork, sitting, men, table, economy, Germany, historical illustration around 1989, Europe

Background imageMending Collection: DEU, Germany, Dortmund: Personalities from politics

DEU, Germany, Dortmund: Personalities from politics, business and culture from the years 1965-71. Ascota company. Technical workshop for repairs ca. 1965, Europe



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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Mending: A Tapestry of Repairs and Resilience" In a world where wear and tear are inevitable, the art emerges as a testament to human ingenuity and perseverance. From Margot Fonteyn delicately repairing her ballet shoes, ensuring every graceful step is flawlessly executed, to the Lossiemouth Fisherman meticulously mending his lines, preparing for another fruitful day at sea. Silhouettes from the Somme by H. L. Oakley capture soldiers on the battlefield stitching together their torn uniforms amidst chaos, symbolizing their unwavering determination even in the face of adversity. Meanwhile, an Irish Leprechaun or Fairy Shoemaker weaves enchantment into each stitch as he repairs magical footwear that carries dreams across mystical realms. Even during times of war, Union Soldiers find solace in filling their downtime with needlework and thread, transforming scraps into patches that mend not only clothing but also spirits worn thin by conflict. At LFB Engineering Workshop, skilled hands bring life back to broken vehicles through meticulous repairs - a testament to human innovation overcoming mechanical challenges. Sewing in the Garden by Millicent Sowerby showcases how mending extends beyond practicality; it becomes an opportunity for creativity and self-expression. The Iban tribeswoman along Lemanak River expertly fixes bamboo longhouse verandah floors - her actions reflecting generations of wisdom passed down through time. As baseball enthusiasts gather around Mending the Baseball painting on canvas, they witness more than just stitches closing gaps; they see hope being restored with each careful movement. Ethel Parkinson's Mending Day depicts a community coming together to fix what is broken - not just material possessions but also bonds between neighbors strengthened through shared efforts. On quaysides at Katapola or amidst road works in early 1900s London, fishermen repair nets while workers restore roads - both acts representing resilience against nature's forces and the determination to keep communities connected.

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