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Title: Block printing.
Image ID: 825912
Image ID 825912
Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 10 x 7 cm. (3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Material Type: Prints
Subjects: Textile Industry
Textile Printing
Book Illustrations
Block Printing
Calico-Printing
Textile Mill Workers
Notes: Printed on border: "The printing table is about 6 feet long, and is made of mahogany, marble, or flagstone, or any material capable of forming a flat hard suface. This table is covered with a blanket, upon which the calico is spread, and the block being charged with colour as above described…" Includes additional text.
Date Published: 1868
Barcode Number: 33333159407176
Struc ID: 588032
Source: Cyclopaedia of useful arts, mechanical and chemical, manufactures, mining, and engineering : illustrated by 63 steel engravings and 3036 wood engravings.    View All images from Source
In Folder: Textiles -- manufacture    View All images from Folder

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