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Silk

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  • Textiles: six scenes of silk manufacture in China. Engraving, 1750.
  • Textiles: equipment used for silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: various workers laying out mulberry leaves to feed silkworms. Engraving by B. Cole, 1753.
  • Textiles: silk-spinning equipment. Engraving by W. Lowry after Farey.
  • Textiles: silk weaving, layout of the loom chains. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
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    Textiles: an extremely large detail of the weft and warp threads in silk satin. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

    Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799. | Reference: 43660i
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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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    Textiles: details of the equipment used for spinning silk threads. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

    Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799. | Reference: 43656i
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    Textiles: end elevation of a loom used for making taffeta, satin and serge. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

    Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799. | Reference: 43658i
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    A treatise on the origin, progressive improvement, and present state of the silk manufacture / [Anon].

    Porter, George Richardson, 1792-1852. | Date: 1831
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