EditorialA turner in apron using a foot-powered treadle lathe or turning bench. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818.
EditorialPlate XIII, from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum, Julio Paschale, Woodcut on paper, Wooden machine for slicing wood into planks or beams at which two men are turning wheels on an axel, rods connect it to an elevated treadle which moves toothed ba...
EditorialPlave VVII, from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum, Julio Paschale, Woodcut on paper, Lathe for turning wood. A treadle on the foot is connected by a taut rope to the string of a bow on the ceiling. The rope passes around a wooden, partially turned...
EditorialSewing machine, Silver, Filigree miniature comprising sewing machine form on rectangular table top with decoration in three panels, on scrolled supports. The working parts consist of a treadle, crank, slotted arm, and needle., Italy, mid-19th century, ...
EditorialPlate VIII, from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum, Julio Paschale, Woodcut on paper, Man at right working on a wood turning lathe. Treadle on floor connected by rope to string of a bow, upper left, on ceiling. On shelf, upper right, more spools fo...
EditorialMatch container, 1850-1900 This highly decorative match holder was made in England from African Blackwood around 1850-1900. Ornamental turnery was a popular pastime in the late Victorian period and many small trinkets were produced mainly from hard woo...
EditorialMatch container, 1850-1900 This highly decorative match holder was made in England from African Blackwood around 1850-1900. Ornamental turnery was a popular pastime in the late Victorian period and many small trinkets were produced mainly from hard woo...
EditorialMatch container, 1850-1900 This highly decorative match holder was made in England from African Blackwood around 1850-1900. Ornamental turnery was a popular pastime in the late Victorian period and many small trinkets were produced mainly from hard woo...
EditorialMatch container, 1850-1900 This highly decorative match holder was made in England from African Blackwood around 1850-1900. Ornamental turnery was a popular pastime in the late Victorian period and many small trinkets were produced mainly from hard woo...
EditorialMatch container, 1850-1900 This highly decorative match holder was made in England from African Blackwood around 1850-1900. Ornamental turnery was a popular pastime in the late Victorian period and many small trinkets were produced mainly from hard woo...
EditorialLadies Sewing (Kijo saiho no zu), ????????, Meiji period (1868?1912), September 3rd, 1887, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Image: 14 in. ? 28 1/2 in. (35.6 ? 72.4 cm), Prints, Adachi (Shosai) Ginko (Japanese, act...
EditorialA turner in apron using a foot-powered treadle lathe or turning bench. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818.
EditorialLadies Sewing (Kijo saiho no zu), ????????, Meiji period (1868?1912), September 3rd, 1887, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Image: 14 in. ? 28 1/2 in. (35.6 ? 72.4 cm), Prints, Adachi (Shosai) Ginko (Japanese, act...
EditorialA turner in apron using a foot-powered treadle lathe or turning bench. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818.