Woman spinning silk

Woman spinning silk

1875 - 1895

color prints (photographs)

Japan; hand spinning; spinning wheels; sericulture; Bombyx (genus)

A woman spins silk on a manual wheel in a posed studio picture. In the foreground are a mass of cotton wool, a tobacco pipe, and a smoking box. Turner has added the inscription "She layeth her hands to the spindle," a Biblical quotation (Proverbs 31:19, King James Version).

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