Japan Women Sorting Silk Worms Cocoons Reeling Industry Vtg. Photo Late 19thC.
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Japan Women Sorting Silk Worms Cocoons Reeling Industry Vtg. Photo Late 19thC.
£11.00
Japan Women Sorting Silk Worms Cocoons Reeling Industry Vtg. Photo Late 19thC.
This quality reprint of a vintage photo shows three Japanese women in traditional dress sorting silkworm cocoons and reeling silk thread. The women work at wooden stations with trays of cocoons stacked on racks behind them. Sericulture, or silk farming, was a vital industry for Japan's economy and modernization during the Meiji period and early 20th century, with women performing much of the labor.
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Print Details
• Prints measure 10x8 inches (25x20cms).
• Prints are produced on premium quality, archival photo paper with an attractive lustre finish.
• Fade resistant museum quality inks.
• Sharp, clear reproduction - taken directly from a high resolution scan of the original image.
• Printed without borders as standard.
• Minor cropping may occur due to format differences.
• White borders will be added on two sides if cropping would lose important details.
• If you have a strong preference for either option, please tell us when ordering.
• Prints are produced on premium quality, archival photo paper with an attractive lustre finish.
• Fade resistant museum quality inks.
• Sharp, clear reproduction - taken directly from a high resolution scan of the original image.
• Printed without borders as standard.
• Minor cropping may occur due to format differences.
• White borders will be added on two sides if cropping would lose important details.
• If you have a strong preference for either option, please tell us when ordering.
Perfect For
• Framing and display
• Gifts for history lovers
• Historical collections
• Personal research
• Gifts for history lovers
• Historical collections
• Personal research
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