Textiles: six scenes of silk manufacture in China. Engraving, 1750.

[London], 1750.

1 print : engraving ; image and border 16 x 20.6 cm

The silk manufacture in China. Lettering within the print reads: "Winding from the cods in ye cauldron. Balneum maria to kill ye worms in the cods. Taking the cods from ye mats after smother'd in the earthen pots. Hanging up ye sheets of paper with eggs on them. Ways of winding the silk. Winding from the cods in a copper of warm water." Bears number: Plate 1

Wellcome Collection 44126i