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  • Textiles: silk weaving silk weaving equipment, plan and elevation of an oval loom. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Chastity belt, iron covered with velvet and silk.
  • Saint Nicholas of Tolentino. Engraving on red silk.
  • The Holy Shroud of Turin. Etching on silk.
  • Saint Nicholas of Tolentino. Engraving on red silk.
  • Saint Eberhard of Regensburg. Engraving on red silk.
  • Saint John of God. Engraving on yellow silk.
  • Textiles: silk dyeing, washing cloth in a river (top), a spar used for winding silk thread (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • A silk dyeing factory with smoking chimneys; advertising John Pullar & Son, silk dyer and scourer at Perth, Scotland. Engraving by W.H. Lizars.
  • Indian silk weaver and spinner with wife. Gouache drawing.
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, gathering the eggs. Engraving.
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, spinning the threads. Engraving.
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, feeding the silkworms. Engraving.
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, gathering mulberry leaves. Engraving.
  • Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian. Engraving on silk, 1793.
  • The message "We shall overcome" in white on black; referring to AIDS. Silk screen print after Ben Vautier, 1993.
  • Textiles: silk-spinning equipment. Engraving by W. Lowry after Farey.
  • Textiles: six scenes of silk manufacture in China. Engraving, 17--.
  • Textiles: five scenes of silk manufacture in China. Engraving, 1750.
  • Textiles: six scenes of silk manufacture in China. Engraving, 1750.
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, a weaver at his loom. Engraving.
  • A Victorian ear trumpet swathed in black silk and lace mouning
  • The Christ Child reclining and embracing the Cross. Etching on silk.
  • A Victorian ear trumpet swathed in black silk and lace mouning
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, two women working at a loom. Engraving.
  • Jean Paul Marat. Colour stipple engraving (?) on silk after F. Bonneville.
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, stretching the warp threads on a loom. Engraving.
  • A silk tail (bombycilla garrula) sitting on a branch of a tree. Etching.
  • Textiles: equipment for spinning silk. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • The Cross surrounded by flowers and a bird. Collage of silk and watercolour.