Scutching or dressing flax by beating the stalks
Scutching or dressing flax by beating the stalks by hand. The long fibres of the stem Flax plant (Linum) were processed to produce linen. Engraving from Great Industries of Great Britain (London, circa 1880)
Picture No
13901589
Media ID
48425980
Size
2719px x 2040px
(1.5MB)
Credit
World History Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
World History Archive





























