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Activities for November: a man cuts up wood with an axe, wedges and a mallet, while women gather and process flax. Engraving by W. Kilian after J.M. Kager.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

Textiles: a beating machine for flax and hemp. Engraving.

Flax plant (Linum species): flowering stem. Watercolour.

Textiles: four vignettes of stages in preparation of linen from flax. Wood engravings.

Textiles: equipment for processing flax. Engraving by A. Bell.

Six British wild flowers, four types of flax (Linum species) and two wood sorrel (Oxalis). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

Specification of Theophilus Westhorp : lint.

The linen trade of Europe during the spinning-wheel period / by John Horner.

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Flax

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Images referencing Flax

Works from the collections

Textiles: equipment for processing flax. Engraving by A. Bell.

Specification of Theophilus Westhorp : lint.

The linen trade of Europe during the spinning-wheel period / by John Horner.

Activities for November: a man cuts up wood with an axe, wedges and a mallet, while women gather and process flax. Engraving by W. Kilian after J.M. Kager.

Textiles: four vignettes of stages in preparation of linen from flax. Wood engravings.

Flax

Images from the collections

Images referencing Flax

Works from the collections

Textiles: equipment for processing flax. Engraving by A. Bell.

Specification of Theophilus Westhorp : lint.

The linen trade of Europe during the spinning-wheel period / by John Horner.

Activities for November: a man cuts up wood with an axe, wedges and a mallet, while women gather and process flax. Engraving by W. Kilian after J.M. Kager.

Textiles: four vignettes of stages in preparation of linen from flax. Wood engravings.

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