Dhunuri Cotton-Carder India 1774-1781, older than 1923

Picture number:10419132 credit:science museum/science&society picture library image caption: engraving by poisson after a painting by pierre sonnerat (1748-1814), showing "a man carding raw cotton". (carding is using a card or comb to clean or disentangle the fibres prior to weaving. Carding is an approximate description for this. The actual word for this profession, according to the author who is uploading it, is dhunuri in eastern india). Illustration from sonnerat's 'voyage aux indes orientales et a la chine, fait par ordre du roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781' ('voyage to the east indies and china, made by order of the king, from 1774 to 1781'), published in 1782. In collection of: science & society picture library subject(s) > trade & industry > textile industry. Date: older than 1923.