Box 10

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Black-and-white image depicts a man sitting at a loom. The loom depicted is a counter-balance loom. Lawrence, Publisher, Dublin [Ireland], ca. 1930s. 13.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image depicts a family (mother, father, and five children) weaving sieves. The father sits at a handloom; the mother and one daughter work on sieves; another daughter on the right winds flax (?); three smaller children sit on the left. Serie des Industries Bretonnes. Bannalec is in the Brittany region of France. Collection Villard, Quimper. [Joseph-Marie Villard, photographer, Quimper, Brittany region of France]. Reverse of postcard in Flemish(?). ca. 1900-1920. 14 x 8.75...

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Black-and-white image of indigenous woman (?) at a handloom in the Arauco region of Chile. She is weaving a pattern probably common to the region. O'Higgins, Publisher (?). 14 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a Greek woman dressed in black with a black headscarf working on a handloom on the right. On the left is a young Greek girl dressed in white top and beige skirt. Printed in Greece (publisher's information in Greek script on reverse). Message on reverse dated 1985 but card predates that year. ca. 1960-1980. 14.5 x 10 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Color image of a man working on a floor loom. He is weaving a blue-patterned cloth; a red-patterned rug or blanket hangs on the wall on the left. [Chimayo, N.M.] Printed on reverse: "A Chimayo weaver at his loom. It is estimated by historians that during 1692--following the rebellion of 1680--coming with the De Vargas expedition of re-conquest, were a group of Mexicans from Chimayo, Mexico. They settled a village naming it Chimayo and builded [sic] a Sanctuario. They brought their art of...

Scope and Contents Color image of Navajo woman working on loom to the right, while another woman spins thread on a distaff on the left, and a small child next to her hand cards the wool. Printed on reverse: "How Navajo rugs are made. This scene represents the making of a Navajo rug in the Indians' home or Hogan, which is done in the winter time. In summer, the weaving is done outdoors under the shade of a tree. After the wool has been sheared from the sheep, sorted and washed, it is carded, to make the fibers...

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image of Philippine woman weaving on a loom set outdoors in a street. Two men sit in an open doorway on the left and two women can be seen standing in the doorway. The threadlike fibers that make up pina cloth are obtained from the pineapple leaf. The finished cloth is very soft and silky in quality and is worn by the more wealthy class of natives. Molo is part of the city of Iloilo. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm. Format:...

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Black-and-white image of man at work at a floor loom. A bolt of checked cloth on the floor in the foreground has a banner "Kenmare Homespuns" on it. D. J. O'Callaghan, Photographer, Royal, Cork. Dated July 15, 1913 on reverse; postmarked July 15, year illegible, Limerick, Ireland. 8.75 x 14 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of man working at one of several 18th- century looms in a room, presumed to be located in the village of Castle Hedingham, Essex, England. Printed on reverse: "Handlooms from the 1800s survive to produce the country's finest silk fabrics. Castle Hedingham handloom weavers." Castle Hedingham is located near Halstead, Essex England. ca. 1970s. 15.25 x 10 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of man working at a hand loom, weaving a red-patterned silk material in Castle Hedingham. Castle Hedingham is located near Halstead, Essex, England. Photo Precision Limited, St. Ives, Huntingdon, Cambs. Printed in Great Britain. ca. 1970s. 10.25 x 15 cm.

Format: Postcard.