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Images about Textiles

201 images from works
  • Bleaching: racks and cauldrons for drying bleached cloth. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1804.
  • A shearman removing the nap from rough woven cloth, watched by another man from a window. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a loom in elevation (top), details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: six scenes of silk manufacture in China. Engraving, 1750.
  • Textiles: men working at large fabric printing machines. Engraving.
  • Textiles: a mechanical Jacquard loom, three-quarter view with spectators. Engraving.
  • Textiles: four fabric samples mounted on a printed background. Wood engraving with colour fabric, 1809.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, details of the use of pincers (top), and sewing needles (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: lace making, threads stretched across a frame. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • Bleaching: vats and cauldrons for bleaching cloth. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1804.

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    Textiles: lace making, men weaving (top), and the loom (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

    Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804. | Reference: 43979i
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    Textiles: lace making, details of equipment. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

    Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804. | Reference: 43969i
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    Textiles: a steam-driven baling machine for cotton. Engraving.

    | Reference: 45499i
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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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Related topics

Weaving
Machinery
Silk
Looms
Spinning
Tapestry
Women
Photography of the nude
Female nude in art
Gossypium

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