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Textiles: silk manufacture in China, gathering the eggs. Engraving.
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Textiles: silk manufacture in China, gathering the eggs. Engraving.

Unknown artist

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Wellcome Collection

Lettering: The Chinese silk manufactory, represented in twelve copper plates. The silk worms gathered and carried into the house.

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