Wool comber using heated wool combs to pull
Wool comber using heated wool combs to pull a fine sliver of wool to be spun into yarn. Washed raw wool in a basket, and a clay comb-pot to heat the combs in the foreground. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
Picture No
12483005
Media ID
45724572
Size
3886px x 6168px
(11.4MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Florilegius Collection
