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Textiles: tapestry weaving, tracing the design (top), pushing down the weft (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Textiles: tapestry dyeing, two boilers (top), washing (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Textiles: two patterns for embroidery (top), a woman winding thread (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Manufacture of soap: (above) men are using long implements to work at the contents of a vat; (below) instruments. Engraving by Benard after Radel.

Textiles: tapestry dyeing, a vat and other utensils for indigo. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Textiles: silk dyeing, several vats and barrels (top), a large lead [?] tank (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Textiles: tapestry weaving, a loom in an interior (top), details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

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