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  • Textiles: three stages in the production of woollen cloth, cutting the nap (top), washing [or sizeing ?] (centre), and pressing (bottom). Engraving, 1750.
  • 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: a cotton spinning wheel. Engraving by Eastgate.
  • Textiles: end elevation of a loom used for making taffeta, satin and serge. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: silk weaving, the equipment of M. Vauconson. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: lace making, a weaver at a loom. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: an array of water-powered equipment used for silk spinning, perspective (top), and plan (below). Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • 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: a silk weaving loom and a frame for silkworms. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Textiles: equipment for spinning silk. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: a type of Jacquard card for silk weaving. Engraving by G. Gladwin after C. Varley.
  • Textiles: lace making, fabricating horse-hair brushes (top), and details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: lace making, workers (top), and details of equipment (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, two women working at a loom. Engraving.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, two close-up views of hands weaving. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • A tailor holding out a folding swatch of cloth samples. Etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury.
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, gathering mulberry leaves. Engraving.
  • 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: a fabric sample mounted on a printed background. Wood engraving with applied fabric, 1810.
  • Textiles: an automatic twisting machine for yarn. Engraving c.1861.
  • Textiles: a spinning machine. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. D. Herbert.
  • Textiles: silk dyeing, several vats and barrels (top), a large lead [?] tank (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, gathering the empty silk cocoons. Engraving.
  • Textiles: loom for specialist silk weaving. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: a mechanical carding device. Engraving.
  • Textiles: silk weaving silk weaving equipment, plan and elevation of an oval loom. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: a loom for silk weaving, in an interior. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: an automatic spinning machine for cotton. Engraving by J. Scott after W. Ross.
  • Textiles: parts of a loom used for ribbon weaving. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Lucotte.