The Chinese silk manufactory represented in twelve copper plates [graphic].
Published / Created:
[London] : Printed for Carington Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, London, [between 1771 and 1785]
Physical Description:
12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 26 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:11806057
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
Title from top margin of print 1.
Contents:
1. The silk worms gathered and carried into the house -- 2. A woman disposing the silk worms in proper order -- 3. The gathering of mulberry leaves to feed the silk worms -- 4. The daily practice of giving the silk worms fresh leaves -- 5. The manner of cleaning the ozier hurdles that hold the leaves -- 6. The method of taking the silk worm bags from the whisk -- 7. The Chinese method of winding the silk off the bags in warm water -- 8. The Chinese practice of winding four silk threads at once -- 9. The Chinese at of twisting silk threads -- 10. The Chinese method of putting the silk warp into the looms -- 11. A Chinese silk weaver at work in his loom -- 12. Flower'd silks wove by two women in China.
Subject Terms:
Silk -- China -- Early works to 1800. | Silk manufacture -- China -- Pictorial works. | China -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800. | Silkworms -- China -- Early works to 1800. | Sericulture -- China -- Early works to 1800.