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  • Textiles: equipment used for silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: equipment used in silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: equipment used for spinning silk. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Spinners and stocking makers: interior view, a spinning wheel and a stocking machine. Engraving.
  • Textiles: a spinning wheel (top), making the design (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: silk weaving, equipment using spinning wheel. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: two spinning wheels, for wool (top) and silk (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A woman sitting on a low stool and spinning thread. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A young Irish woman working at a spinning wheel. Engraving by Francis Holl after F.W. Topham.
  • Textiles: silk spinning (top), and the equipment used (below). 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: details of equipment used for spinning silk threads. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Elevations of a spinning-wheel used in the making of gold thread. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: details of the equipment used for spinning silk threads. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: details of the equipment used for spinning silk threads. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • A flowering orchid (Bletia verecunda) and a spinning slug (Limax species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1813.
  • Three witches or Fates spinning, with bodies of babies tied up behind them. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Three witches or Fates spinning, with bodies of babies tied up behind them. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Treatment of a horse with glanders; examples of ploughing machinery and a flax spinning machine (?). Etching, 1760/1820?.
  • Textiles: spinning wheel with various components used in the making of gold thread. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: spinning-wheel with various components used in the making of gold thread. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • A young woman is using a spinning wheel under a tree with a spindle and shuttle. Engraving by Saunders after Woolley.
  • Textiles: two women preparing for silk spinning (top), and the equipment used (below). Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: several Indian workers spinning, and working at a loom. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins, 1797, after A.W. Devis.