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horsehair sample
mid 20th Century
A sample of Chinese horsehair. In the leather trade, horsehair brushes are used for polishing as they pick up dust well and do not scratch; they are also sold as domestic polishing brushes. Horsehai...
China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin
Breton, Jean Baptiste Joseph; Bertin, Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste (1719-1792)
1824
"Manufactory of paper from bamboo... Second process in paper-making ... Third process of paper-making": v. 2, p. 34-45 and plates [4-6]. Illustrations: [London] : J.J. Stockdale, 1812. -- 80 prints ...