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Ribbon loom, China

Ribbon loom'. Made chiefly of bamboo, heads, feet and hands are all called into active operation, and the result produced is the most beautiful silk ribbon, richly embroidered with a variety of choicely-coloured flowers

Picture No
11939105
Media ID
46076807
Size
2585px x 2333px (1.4MB)
Credit
© The John Meek Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Usage Restrictions
Editorial Use Only
Source
From Illustrations of China and its People' by J Thomson, published by Sampson Low, 1874. Photograph: John Meek
Date
1874

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