Method of turning fiber into yarn or thread

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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.

Spider spinneret (Unknown sp.)

An old woman sits spinning by candelelight as a boy and a cat warm themselves by the fire. Engraving by J. Parker after R. Corbould.

Textiles: silk-spinning equipment. Engraving by W. Lowry after Farey.

Textiles: water-powered equipment used for silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

Textiles: details of the equipment used for spinning silk threads. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

Textiles: two women, in ancient (Middle Eastern?) costume, spinning cotton with distaffs under their arms. Photolithograph after a drawing by F. M. P.

Textiles: a spinning wheel (top), making the design (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Textiles: cultivation and spinning of cotton. Engraving.

Textiles: a steam-driven baling machine for cotton. Engraving.

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.

Textiles: water-powered equipment used for silk finishing, inside a factory. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

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Spinning

Images from the collections

Images referencing Spinning

Works from the collections

Textiles: cultivation and spinning of cotton. Engraving.

Textiles: a steam-driven baling machine for cotton. Engraving.

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.

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: water-powered equipment used for silk finishing, inside a factory. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

Spinning

Images from the collections

Images referencing Spinning

Works from the collections

Textiles: cultivation and spinning of cotton. Engraving.

Textiles: a steam-driven baling machine for cotton. Engraving.

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.

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: water-powered equipment used for silk finishing, inside a factory. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

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