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Textiles: lace making, threads stretched across a frame. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, details of equipment. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

A woman sitting on a chair making lace on a lace-pillow. Engraving by Thomas Sherratt after A.J. Woolmer.

Textiles: lace making, men weaving (top), and the loom (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, winding threads. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, a weaver on a swing at the work (above), detail of lace (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, a loom (top), and the pattern (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, a weaver at a loom. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, fabricating horse-hair brushes (top), and details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: ribbon making, heating the ribbons on drums (top), details of equipment (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, men working (top), and the frame (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

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Textiles: lace making, men weaving (top), and the loom (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, details of equipment. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: ribbon making, heating the ribbons on drums (top), details of equipment (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, a loom (top), and the pattern (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, men working (top), and the frame (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.