Female homeworker using a treadle spinning wheel

Female homeworker using a treadle spinning wheel. Before the building of large factories and the coming of mass production, spinning was done by women in their own homes. Often the raw material to be spun was supplied by a middle man who collected the finished work and sold it on to weavers and factories. From Great Industries of Great Britain (London, circa 1880). Engraving

Collected Done Finished Homeworker Industries Often Spinning Spun Supplied Thread Treadle Weavers

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