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Tapestry

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  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a loom in elevation (top), details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, details of the use of pincers (top), and sewing needles (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, a furnace (top), fuel wood on a barrow or handcart (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • A physician gazing in amazement at a urine sample of an elderly female patient who is seated near him in a richly furnished room. Engraving by J.B. Fosseyeux after F. Giani after G. Dou.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a weaver pushing down the threads. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
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    Textiles: tapestry weaving, a loom in elevation (top), and in plan (below), with part of a tapestry. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

    Radel, active 1751-1767. | Reference: 43890i
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    Textiles: tapestry weaving, two men tensioning a loom (top), one man tensioning a loom (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

    Radel, active 1751-1767. | Reference: 43875i
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    A young woman is sitting in a chair with a tapestry in a frame in front of her, trying to be distracted from the thought of her forced marriage. Engraving by W.H. Simmons, 1840, after J.H. Nixon.

    Nixon, James Henry, approximately 1808- | Date: 1840 | Reference: 29994i
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    M0003053: Peruvian tapestry with human motif

    | Date: 13 May 1932 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/24/85
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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    Textiles: tapestry weaving, a weaver working by the light of a candle in a reflective sconce. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

    Radel, active 1751-1767. | Reference: 43963i
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