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  • 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: water-powered equipment used for silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • A Chinese silk manufactory: workers dyeing and winding the silk. Engraving by G. Paterson, 1843, after T. Allom.
  • Textiles: two women preparing for silk spinning (top), and the equipment used (below). Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, spinning the threads. Engraving.