Fabric colouring, 19th century. Illustration of a machine in a wool factory being used to apply a complex eight-colour pattern. This machine is part o

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Fabric colouring, 19th century. Illustration of a machine in a wool factory being used to apply a complex eight-colour pattern. This machine is part of the mechanization of the textile industry. Artwork from volume 4 (1875) of a republication of 'Les Grandes Usines', a multi-volume work on French industry by journalist and author Julien Turgan (1824-1887).

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