Concept
Women textile workers
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"Las hilanderas" (women weaving and spinning in a tapestry workshop): Arachne competing with the goddess Athena in a weaving competition. Etching by J.M. Galván y Candela, 1875, after D. Velázquez.
Velázquez, Diego, 1599-1660.Date: [1875]Reference: 2498609i- Pictures
A young poor Irish woman, sadly mending fishing nets or textiles outside a stone cottage, is approached by a young man; inside the cottage, a woman is spinning. Engraving after F.W. Topham.
Topham, Francis William, 1808-1877.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 3140108i- Pictures
China during the Cultural Revolution: women engineers discuss improvements to textile manufacturing machines. Colour lithograph after Luo Fengxian, 1975.
Luo, Fengxian.Date: September 1975Reference: 660903i- Pictures
China during the Cultural Revolution: women workers take pleasure in contemplating the multicolour fabrics produced in a successful cotton mill, and delight especially in a bolt of red cloth. Colour lithograph after Zhao Youhua, 1975.
Zhao, Youhua.Date: July 1975Reference: 660902i