The ruins of Pompeii : a series of eighteen photographic views : with an account of the destruction of the city, and a description of the most interesting remains . 40 THE RUINS OF POMPEII. the trade of a fuller. Just opposite the eastern side of Pansas house is afullers workshop, called the Fullo7iica, on the walls of which were paintingsrepresenting the operations of the trade. The first operation was that ofwashing. This was done in vats, in which the cloths were trodden and well. FULLER AT WORK, FROM A PAINTING IN THE FULLONICA. worked by the feet of the scourers, as represented in the ann
The ruins of Pompeii : a series of eighteen photographic views : with an account of the destruction of the city, and a description of the most interesting remains . 40 THE RUINS OF POMPEII. the trade of a fuller. Just opposite the eastern side of Pansas house is afullers workshop, called the Fullo7iica, on the walls of which were paintingsrepresenting the operations of the trade. The first operation was that ofwashing. This was done in vats, in which the cloths were trodden and well. FULLER AT WORK, FROM A PAINTING IN THE FULLONICA. worked by the feet of the scourers, as represented in the annexed cut, takenfrom the walls of the FuUonica. Their dress, which consisted of two timics, the upper one green, the underone yellow, is tucked up so as toleave the legs bare. Three ofthe figiores seem to have finishedtheir work, and to be wringingthe articles on which they havebeen employed; the fourth, rest-ing his arms on a low wall, ap-pears to be jumping and work-ing about the contents of his vatwith his feet. When dry, thecloth was brushed and carded toraise the nap ; after which itwas fumigated with sulphur, andbleached in the sun. The secondcut represents a man brushing
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