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  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, detail of the top beam of a loom. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: lace making, men working (top), and the frame (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: a loom for carpet weaving, plan (top), details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a loom with a half-completed tapestry (top), details of the tools used (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: details of equipment for ribbon weaving. Engraving by R. Benard after J.-R. Lucotte.
  • Textiles: ribbon making, heating the ribbons on drums (top), details of equipment (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: lace making, a worker on a swing at the work (above), details of lace (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • Two women are working at large looms. Coloured lithograph.
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, feeding the silkworms. Engraving.
  • Textiles: a stretching machine [?]. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1815, after J. D. Herbert.
  • Textiles: details of equipment used for spinning silk threads. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: a loom, with a weaver seated on the bench. Engraving by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: a loom for ribbon-weaving, with a weaver working. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • Textiles: a silk-spinning frame. Engraving.
  • Textiles: a specialized loom for embroidery. Engraving by G. Gladwin.
  • Textiles: weaving and finishing fringes (top), the loom (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • 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: three fabric samples mounted on a printed background. Wood engraving with applied fabric, 1815.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, parts of a loom (top), details of the tensioning mechanism (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: a carding machine. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1809, after J. D. Herbert.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a weaver working by the light of a candle in a reflective sconce. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Upholstery: two views of a man at work (top), a chair, a cushion and some horsehair (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: two women in a room, seated at work-tables making bobbin-lace. Engraving.
  • Textiles: lace making, two rotary warp-cages in use (top), and details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: a loom for braid manufacture. Engraving by R. Benard after J.-R. Lucotte.
  • Machinery used in the making of combs, and details of its components. Engraving by E. Turrell after J. Farey.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a new type of loom being raised to working tension (top), details of the improvements (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, three looms in an interior. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: details of the equipment used for spinning silk threads. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.