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‘Varkens die spinnen’ (Pigs are Spinning), woodblock protest print with the message “The Great Mortality among the Westphalian Wives / how that the Pigs should spin / to win a living for the men”. The print is a animal allegory Read More …
‘Competing in a distaff spinning contest’ (concours de filage à la quenouille concurentes) postcard. Gourdon, France early 1900’s
‘Alsatian at the Wheel’ (Alsacienne au Rouet) postcard, Alsace, France before 1910
‘Auvergnate Spinner’, woman hand spins hemp with the name ‘A. S. Landoz’ hand written on the reverse. Auvergne, France 1903
‘Three generations of Appen with spinning wheel’. Appen, Germany 1913
An Irish family outside a thatched cottage while a woman spins at the wheel, Ireland, between 1900-1920
“During the winter, the most important venue for community life was spinning.” Hungary, early 1900’s