0123609 © Granger - Historical Picture ArchiveCHINA: SILK MANUFACTURE.   Women drawing out silk threads (left) and beating silk fibers in a trough with flails. Detail from 'Court Ladies Preparing Newly-woven Silk,' a painted silk handscroll attributed to Emperor Hui Tsung, Sung Dynasty, early 12th century, after a work by a T'ang Dynasty artist of the 8th century.
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