A Jardine, Matheson & Co. silk filature (spinning mill), showing workers with reeling machines and silk cocoons being stoved or stifled, Shanghai
Collection
Identifier
RA-m184
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: RA-m184. A scan of a magic lantern slide. Royal Asiatic Society Library reference: Glass Slide.00/(184). A filature was an establishment for reeling silk from silk moth cocoons. See Hy01-45 and RA-m172 (images of other silk filatures).
Caption in album or on mount
184 / FILATURE SHANGHAI
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Location
Estimated Date
1890-1900
Material
Other
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
