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17th C. Dutch spinner


Photo From: RuthMacGregor - Album: Spinning and Weaving

Description: This painting by Nicolaes Maes (1634-1693) shows a spinner looking for the lost end of her yarn in a bobbin full of linen. The wheel portrayed in the painting is fascinating: it has a bobbin and flyer, but no treadle. The original painting hangs in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. This print came from a second-hand store....

Uploaded: 2/22/2006 by RuthMacGregor
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