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  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a loom in elevation (top), details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Basket weavers. Gouache drawing.
  • A woman is weaving at a loom with a spindle in her hand. Aquatint by C.M. Metz.
  • Textiles: a mechanical Jacquard loom, three-quarter view with spectators. Engraving.
  • 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.
  • Textiles: a loom for carpet weaving, cutting with scissors (top), combing the warp threads (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: lace making, details of equipment. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • Hindu basket maker and wife. Gouache drawing.
  • Textiles: silk weaving, layout of the loom chains. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
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Works

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

    Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804. | Reference: 43969i
  • view Textiles: an extremely large detail of the weft and warp threads in silk satin. 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
  • view Textiles: ribbon making, heating the ribbons on drums (top), details of equipment (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
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    Textiles: ribbon making, heating the ribbons on drums (top), details of equipment (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

    Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804. | Reference: 43977i
    • Books

    Fencing and safety precautions for cotton spinning and weaving machinery. Part 2, Cotton spinning and doubling processes / issued by the Home Office.

    | Date: 1920
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