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Silk manufacture and trade: Making the weft thread

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dc.contributor.authorShou, Lou
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialChina
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-24T02:47:25Z
dc.date.available2020-08-24T02:47:25Z
dc.date.created1913
dc.date.updated2020-08-24T02:47:25Z
dc.descriptionThe weft thread runs horizontally in a piece of woven material. It is produced by running off threads from several reels situated at floor level on to a large reel which is manipulated at body level.
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.identifierANUA 682-4913
dc.identifier.otherC-89
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/207996
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2065
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectChina
dc.subjectdaily life
dc.subjectdiagrams & drawings
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titleSilk manufacture and trade: Making the weft thread
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource: Lou Shou, Keng chih t’u: Ackerbau und Seidengewinnung in China (Geng Zhitu: Agriculture and Silk Production in China), translated by Otto Franke, Hamburg: L. Friederischsen, 1913, Plate XL

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