Three generations of women. Cottager spinning

Three generations of women. Cottager spinning wool using simple wheel without treadle while her mother reels yarn and her daughter stirs cast iron pot standing on open fire No stairs, upper floor reached by ladder (left). Flagstone floor, casement windows fitted with leaded lights with diamond panes. From George Walker The Costume of Yorkshire, Leeds, 1814. Aquatint

1814 Aquatint Casement Cottager Fitted Flagstone Generations Homeworker Leaded Panes Piecework Reached Reels Spinning Stirs Treadle Yarn

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