Spinning hemp, 19th-century artwork. These women, in from Ploermel, Brittany, France, are working with fibres from the hemp plant to produce textiles.


Spinning hemp, 19th-century artwork. These women, in from Ploermel, Brittany, France, are working with fibres from the hemp plant to produce textiles. Artwork from the 14th volume (second period of 1894) of the French popular science weekly 'La Science Illustree'.


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