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A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)

British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 159

An illustration from A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life, 1920, leaf 159 — a woman seatedworking on a four-sided em-broidery frame, supported onher lap (No. 435). The objects illustrating an-cient sewing, etc., speak prettywell for themselves. Such arethe bronze thimble (No. 436 ; fig. 178), the iron scissors (No. 437 ;fig. 179), and the series of pins, needles, bodkins,… … Fig. 179.—Iron Scissors pbomPriene (No. 437). 2:3. &ioyevr)s i]Trr]T))s pev &>v ore e£r/ I, 148 GREEK AND ROMAN LIFE. The Roman bronze needle-case from France (No. 438 ; fig. 182)is worthy of note. Similar cases were used by Roman surgeons fortheir instruments. (421 ) Cat. of Vases,…

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