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Concept

Spinning

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  • Textiles: six scenes of silk manufacture in China. Engraving, 1750.
  • Textiles: spinning machines and parts of a cotton plant. Engraving by D.Lizars.
  • A girl sits spinning by the fire, opposite her sits a woman with her head in her hands. Engraving by Erh. Pickel after B. Vautier.
  • Textiles: equipment used for silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: a weaving loom (above), with two shuttles and the upper frame (below). Engraving by A. Bell.
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    Textiles: cultivation and spinning of cotton. Engraving.

    | Reference: 43442i
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    Textiles: a steam-driven baling machine for cotton. Engraving.

    | Reference: 45499i
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    A young man (Colas) attaches his bouquet to the spindle used by Rose, as Rose reveals herself from her hiding place. Engraving by J.B.B.Simonet after P.A. Baudouin.

    Baudouin, Pierre-Antoine, 1723-1769. | Reference: 29962i
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    A girl sits spinning by the fire, opposite her sits a woman with her head in her hands. Engraving by Erh. Pickel after B. Vautier.

    Vautier, B. (Benjamin), 1829-1898. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 29966i
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    Textiles: water-powered equipment used for silk finishing, inside a factory. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

    Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799. | Reference: 43692i
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