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  • Manufacture of soap: (above) men are using long implements to work at the contents of a vat; (below) instruments. Engraving by Benard after Radel.
  • Manufacture of soap: (above) men are using long implements to work at the contents of a vat; (below) instruments. Engraving by Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a loom in elevation (top), details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • A workshop where plumage is applied to clothing, above; tools for making and applying plumage, below. Engraving by R. Bénard after Radel.
  • A worker preparing a feather for use as a plume by scraping and curling, above; further preparation of a plume, two hats with plumes and a single plume, below. Engraving by R. Bénard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, details of the use of pincers (top), and sewing needles (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, a furnace (top), fuel wood on a barrow or handcart (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: a loom for carpet weaving, cutting with scissors (top), combing the warp threads (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Upholstery: two stages in padding an armchair. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a weaver pushing down the threads. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, parts of a loom. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: a spinning wheel (top), making the design (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a weaver passing different threads through the weave. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a small loom for child apprentice weavers to learn on. 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 dyeing, two vats (top), a wringer and other tools (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, spinning machine and details. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, a vat and other utensils for indigo. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: detail of a loom for tapestry weaving. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, the cords of a vertical loom. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, a vat in an interior with dyers at work (top), washing cloth in a river (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, two close-up views of hands weaving. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: silk dyeing, a drying-rack above a stove with a man swaying the rack (top), details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: silk dyeing, several vats and barrels (top), a large lead [?] tank (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, two boilers (top), washing (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, three vats in an interior (top), equipment (below). 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: a loom with disembodied hands weaving, the design pinned to the top beam. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, three workmen in a textile dyeing workshop (top), a basket and bucket (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: two patterns for embroidery (top), a woman winding thread (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.