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The costume of China : illustrated by sixty engravings : with explanations in English and French (1800)

Mason, George Henry, author, Miller, William, 1769-1844, bookseller, Gosnell, Samuel, printer, Mason, George Henry. Costume of China, Mason, George Henry. Costume of China. French, Dadley, J., engraver, Pu-Qúa, illustrator · leaf 179

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PLATE XLI. A WOMAN EMBROIDERING. T his woman is seated at a bamboo-frame, very much resembling in formsuch as is used in Europe for quilting. The stool is of porcelain, made inthe form of a jar. The Chinese are not ignorant of the art of embroidering,though their works of this nature are by no…

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