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  • Left, an attendant carrying a diya (small lamp); right, a man weaving (?). Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, parts of a loom (top), details of the tensioning mechanism (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: a loom with disembodied hands weaving, the design pinned to the top beam. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, details of the use of pincers (top), and sewing needles (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: equipment used for silk weaving, and a sample of the floral pattern. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: a loom for carpet weaving, cutting with scissors (top), combing the warp threads (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a weaver sewing different coloured threads at the back of the work. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, the warp beam of a loom (top), detail of the shuttle (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, two men tensioning a loom (top), one man tensioning a loom (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a weaver working by the light of a candle in a reflective sconce. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a loom with a half-completed tapestry (top), details of the tools used (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: a child-sized loom for apprentice weavers to learn tapestry weaving on, elevation (top), section (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a loom in elevation (top), and in plan (below), with part of a tapestry. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a new type of loom being raised to working tension (top), details of the improvements (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • A communal house, the men sit drinking around a table while the women look after the children, weave hay and the older children cook. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.
  • A communal house, the men sit drinking around a table while the women look after the children, weave hay and the older children cook. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.
  • A communal house, the men sit drinking around a table while the women look after the children, weave hay and the older children cook. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.
  • Textiles: a version of Crompton's mule. Engraving by J. W. Lowry, 1834, after T. Allom.
  • Textiles: five scenes of silk manufacture in China. Engraving, 1750.
  • Textiles: a petition presented on behalf of the descendants of John Kay, for a pension. Coloured lithograph by Nosworthy and Wells after Cardwell, with letterpress, 1846.
  • Textiles: a petition presented on behalf of the descendants of John Kay, for a pension. Coloured lithograph by Nosworthy and Wells after Cardwell, with letterpress, 1846.
  • Textiles: two types of hand loom, and details of the shuttle. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • Two men working at looms with an overseer carrying a large stick watching over them. Engraving after W. Hogarth.
  • A weaver working on a treadle-operated loom as a woman brings him more thread. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Textiles: gauze making loom, and details. Engraving by R. Benard.
  • Textiles: a loom. Engraving by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • A weaver working on a treadle-operated loom as a woman brings him more thread. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Textiles: ribbon making, pressing and working at a frame (top), details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: an extremely large detail of the weft and warp threads in silk satin. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: ribbon making, details of the equipment. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.