Professions, Cotton, Weaving, Dyeing, Fabrics

"Le coton" - Cotton - Baumwolle

Cotton, Weaving, Dyeing, Fabrics

Tone lithograph and hand-finished in color.

By two artists by the name of Belin and Bethmont

Printed in Paris bei Lemercier, ca 1860

Pictures from harvesting the cotton plant in America to the finished product sold in a shop.

Titles of individual pictures in French

Original antique print  

Centerpiece: Cardage et Filage du Coton

From upper left clockwise: Récolte du Coton en Amerique - Coton en balle - Epluchage du Coton

Arrivage en Europe - Various cotton materials  - Ouvrier en blouse Paysanne vêtue de coton

Bonneterie et Mercerie - Fulmi-Coton - Stores peints - Teinturerie et impression sur étoffe

Chemise Enfents vêtus de Nankin - Various cotton products

General age toning. Margins show traces of age and use, as well
as some minor repairs not into image. Margins are narrow. 

Page size: (28,7 x 39,8 cm)