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  • Textiles: parts of a loom used for ribbon weaving. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Lucotte.
  • Textiles: five scenes of silk manufacture in China. Engraving, 1750.
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, gathering the silk threads. Engraving.
  • Textiles: water-powered equipment used for silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: silk weaving equipment, plan and elevation of an oval loom. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • The bazaar of the silk mercers in Cairo with a man smoking a long-stemmed pipe. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1848, after D. Roberts.
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, gathering the eggs. Engraving.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, three workmen in a textile dyeing workshop (top), a basket and bucket (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: water-powered equipment used for silk finishing, inside a factory. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: silk spinning (top), and the equipment used (below). Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: equipment used in silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: silk weaving, the equipment used. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: six scenes of silk manufacture in China. Engraving, 17--.
  • Two floral designs, perhaps for woven silk fabric. Etching, c. 1760, after J. Pillement.
  • Textiles: silk dyeing, washing cloth in a river (top), a spar used for winding silk thread (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, three workmen in a drying room (top), equipment (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: a loom used for ribbon weaving, side elevation. Engraving by R. Benard after J.-M. Lucotte.
  • Textiles: equipment used for silk weaving, and a sample of the floral pattern. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: details of equipment used for silk weaving. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: water-powered equipment used for silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: women in a garden sorting silkworm eggs for incubation. Engraving by B. Cole, 1749.
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, feeding the silkworms. Engraving.
  • Textiles: details of equipment used for spinning silk threads. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: a silk-spinning frame. Engraving.
  • Textiles: a specialized loom for embroidery. Engraving by G. Gladwin.
  • Textiles: water-powered equipment used for silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: water-powered equipment used for silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • The bazaar of the silk mercers in Cairo with a man smoking a long-stemmed pipe. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1848, after D. Roberts.
  • Textiles: details of the equipment used for spinning silk threads. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Brocade-makers embroidering a fabric with gold silk and precious stones. Woodcut by J. Amman.