Artisan Collection (page 2)

Shipwright or ship's carpenter standing on a scaffold and driving wedges into the stern of a ship with a wooden
FLO4577786 Shipwright or ship's carpenter standing on a scaffold and driving wedges into the stern of a ship with a wooden trunnel. At his feet, his auger, axe and punch

Sawyers cutting timber into planks with a large saw - Sawyers cutting timber into planks with a large saw in a saw-pit
FLO4577785 Sawyers cutting timber into planks with a large saw - Sawyers cutting timber into planks with a large saw in a saw-pit

Stone cutter with mallet and chisel model a bevel stone, behind him another cut a stone with the saw - Stone mason
FLO4577762 Stone cutter with mallet and chisel model a bevel stone, behind him another cut a stone with the saw - Stone mason carving a stone with mallet and chisel on a bevel

Hat maker ironing the brim of a hat made from beaver fur. In the background
FLO4577748 Hat maker ironing the brim of a hat made from beaver fur. In the background, an apprentice works the felt in a battery (hot-water kettle)

Spinner in bonnet and apron spinning wool yarn on a spinning machine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of
FLO4577721 Spinner in bonnet and apron spinning wool yarn on a spinning machine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts.; (add.info)

A saddle manufacturer - A saddler in leather apron making a saddle in his workshop
FLO4577851 A saddle manufacturer - A saddler in leather apron making a saddle in his workshop. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts.;

Dyeers: one quenches the fabric in a red dye tank, others pump water to fill the rinse tank - Dyer dying bolts of
FLO4577830 Dyeers: one quenches the fabric in a red dye tank, others pump water to fill the rinse tank - Dyer dying bolts of fabric in a barrel

Straw-hat makers, women and girl, sewing hats from braided and plaited straw in a milliner's shop
FLO4577816 Straw-hat makers, women and girl, sewing hats from braided and plaited straw in a milliner's shop. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades

Currier shaving animal hides with a knife to make leather for shoes, boots, saddles, bookbindings, etc
FLO4577805 Currier shaving animal hides with a knife to make leather for shoes, boots, saddles, bookbindings, etc. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades

Prehistory: The art of making bread in the Stone Age
THT4429461 Prehistory: The art of making bread in the Stone Age.; (add.info.: Prehistory: The art of making bread in the Stone Age.); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2023.

Little girl filling, carrying on the shoulder a pierced chair, with a basket in her arm
FLO4666977 Little girl filling, carrying on the shoulder a pierced chair, with a basket in her arm. Engraving, in the way of Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815)

Cordonniere - Female cobbler or shoe repairer, Paris, early 19th century, in grey dress with black apron, white collar
FLO4658387 Cordonniere - Female cobbler or shoe repairer, Paris, early 19th century, in grey dress with black apron, white collar

Cuisiniere - Female cook, Paris, early 19th century, in striped bonnet, lace collar
FLO4658346 Cuisiniere - Female cook, Paris, early 19th century, in striped bonnet, lace collar, white apron over white top

Method of cutting paper material in China (after a Chinese illustration). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte
FLO4647841 Method of cutting paper material in China (after a Chinese illustration). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens

17th century bell lifting wheel in the north tower, Notre Dame Cathedral of Bayeux
7134919 17th century bell lifting wheel in the north tower, Notre Dame Cathedral of Bayeux; Bayeux, Normandy, France; (add.info)

Science. A potter workshop in the XIXth cent. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France
3434717 Science. A potter workshop in the XIXth cent. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part. Science)

Science. Energy. Worker using an electric metalworking lathe. Imagery from a series on the Wonder of Electricity
2638728 Science. Energy. Worker using an electric metalworking lathe. Imagery from a series on the Wonder of Electricity, France, c.1910.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Sciences. Coll)

Saddle maker in front of his house, next to woman in traditional costume, 1910 (print on double-weight paper)
3563556 Saddle maker in front of his house, next to woman in traditional costume, 1910 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Scanno 1910 ca)

Letter: M (pot). Recreative alphabet. Chromolithography, undated (ca. 1920)
DUV4203820 Letter: M (pot). Recreative alphabet. Chromolithography, undated (ca. 1920). Offered by "La Samaritaine de Nancy"

Sulphur ore mining: a man with a shovel digs the soil of a sulfur. Manuscript page " Treats on herbs"
VEN5028047 Sulphur ore mining: a man with a shovel digs the soil of a sulfur. Manuscript page " Treats on herbs" (Tractatus de herbis) by Pedanius Dioscorides (Dioscorides) (40-90 AD)

Corner of an Egyptian market
3561640 Corner of an Egyptian market by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Egypt 1880-1899 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence.

Alphabetic cubes. Box of 30 cubes dating from 1898. Cover illustrated by H. Roy. Publisher unknown
DUV4202537 Alphabetic cubes. Box of 30 cubes dating from 1898. Cover illustrated by H. Roy. Publisher unknown. One side of 24 cubes is devoted to trades

Prehistory: The first weaver
THT4429453 Prehistory: The first weaver.; (add.info.: Prehistory: The first weaver.); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2023.

A carder using heated combs to remove the wool fibres that will be spun. Wool comber using heated wool combs to pull a
FLO4577720 A carder using heated combs to remove the wool fibres that will be spun. Wool comber using heated wool combs to pull a fine sliver of wool to be spun into yarn

Woman spinning yarn on a spinning wheel in front of a cottage. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English
FLO4577664 Woman spinning yarn on a spinning wheel in front of a cottage. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts.; (add.info)

Trunk maker making a leather chest in his workshop. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades
FLO4577634 Trunk maker making a leather chest in his workshop. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts.; (add.info)

Plumber heating lead in a fire to fix lead pipes on a building site. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of
FLO4577857 Plumber heating lead in a fire to fix lead pipes on a building site. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts.; (add.info)

Founders of printing characters, one poured molten metal into the moulds, another passed them into a polishing machine
FLO4577843 Founders of printing characters, one poured molten metal into the moulds, another passed them into a polishing machine - Type founders making printing type in a workshop

17th century bell lifting wheel in the north tower, Notre Dame Cathedral of Bayeux
7134920 17th century bell lifting wheel in the north tower, Notre Dame Cathedral of Bayeux; Bayeux, Normandy, France; (add.info)

Japanese costumes, circa 1800: three musicians playing flute, drum and cymbals, a walking whale meat salesman
FLO4634326 Japanese costumes, circa 1800: three musicians playing flute, drum and cymbals, a walking whale meat salesman, a trade assistant wearing a kimono, a sailor, a straw man, and a craftsman

Craftswoman from Nuremberg with purse in the form of a castle with little man looking out
FLO4644302 Craftswoman from Nuremberg with purse in the form of a castle with little man looking out, and woman from Cologne in golden girdle with bouquet of flowers, late 16th century

Letter D Distillator (spirits, liqueurs, perfumes). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et
DUV4211442 Letter D Distillator (spirits, liqueurs, perfumes). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"

Letters Q Hardware; R Roter; S
DUV4211526 Letters Q Hardware; R Roter; S; Private Collection; (add.info.: Letters Q Hardware; R Roter; S); Photo © Duvallon.

Glass blower, c1880 (engraving)
2450307 Glass blower, c1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Economy. Glassblower workshop. Engraving in: Weltall und Menschheit, by Hans Kraemer, Germany, ca 1880.); Photo © CCI.

Science. Energy. Electric drill for glass. Imagery from a series on the wonder of electricity, France, c.1910
2638715 Science. Energy. Electric drill for glass. Imagery from a series on the wonder of electricity, France, c.1910.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part.); Photo © CCI.

Un patissier, A pastry cook (colour engraving)
3434153 Un patissier, A pastry cook (colour engraving); (add.info.: Imagerie, France, vers 1830. Coll. part. Food and Beverage. A pastry cook. Imagery, France, ca 1830.); Photo © CCI.

The Man Wot pays the Taxes' An Artisan bemoaning his plight after the passing of the first Reform Act, 1832
527785 The Man Wot pays the Taxes' An Artisan bemoaning his plight after the passing of the first Reform Act, 1832. 'In what better condition am I now that the Reform Bill has past I have

Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing)
8713000 Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Writing method in relation to the teaching of reading by F)

Bread cycle: transport of wheat to the mill. Anonymous fresco of the 15th century
VEN5028422 Bread cycle: transport of wheat to the mill. Anonymous fresco of the 15th century, Bread Room of the Castle of Bentivoglio (near Bologna).; (add.info.: Bread cycle)

Un porter d'eau et sa barrel, un remouleur et une raccomodeuse de bas a sa etal et deux nonnes des Siseurs de la
FLO4718483 Un porter d'eau et sa barrel, un remouleur et une raccomodeuse de bas a sa etal et deux nonnes des Siseurs de la Charite - Eau forte d'une illustration par Victor Auver

Cod fishery in the New World. Men landing cod, gutting and drying fish at a factory on the coast
FLO4621812 Cod fishery in the New World. Men landing cod, gutting and drying fish at a factory on the coast. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

English dandy with his hairdresser and tailor. Dick Wildfire preparing for a Dash in the Francoise
FLO4686842 English dandy with his hairdresser and tailor. Dick Wildfire preparing for a Dash in the Francoise. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from David Carey's Life in

Scene from Etienne Jouy's 1808 play La Merchant des Modes, a parody of La Vestale
FLO4678008 Scene from Etienne Jouy's 1808 play La Merchant des Modes, a parody of La Vestale (his own opera from 1807 with music by Spontini)

English gentleman being measured for a jacket by a tailor in a fashionable drawing room decorated with sporting
FLO4661904 English gentleman being measured for a jacket by a tailor in a fashionable drawing room decorated with sporting paintings. Jerry in Training for a Swell

Maitresse lingere - Laundry mistress, Paris, early 19th century, wearing a frilled dress, lace collar and bonnet
FLO4658571 Maitresse lingere - Laundry mistress, Paris, early 19th century, wearing a frilled dress, lace collar and bonnet

Blacksmith using hammer and tongs to beat a piece of red-hot iron heated in a forge
FLO4577923 Blacksmith using hammer and tongs to beat a piece of red-hot iron heated in a forge. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts.;

Weaver on his weaver - A weaver weaving fabric on a loom in a cottage. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of
FLO4577845 Weaver on his weaver - A weaver weaving fabric on a loom in a cottage. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts.; (add.info)

Rope maker twisting rope yarns together while an apprentice turns a wheel to revolve the hook
FLO4577592 Rope maker twisting rope yarns together while an apprentice turns a wheel to revolve the hook. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades

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Artisans are the true masters of their craft, using their hands and skills to create objects that captivate our senses and tell stories of tradition and culture. From Poole Pottery, where skilled potters shape pots on the wheel with precision and artistry, to witnessing a medieval goldsmith delicately crafting intricate designs, we are transported back in time to witness the birth of timeless treasures. In Africa's vibrant city of Fes, Morocco, we marvel at mosaic walls being meticulously crafted for a fountain. Each tile is carefully placed by skilled artisans who have honed their craft through generations. Meanwhile, in Chingford, England in 1922, cork balls were manufactured with meticulous attention to detail - a testament to the dedication artisans put into even the smallest creations. Across continents in America's Navajo Nation, we discover how rugs are made by hand. The weaving process showcases not only incredible skill but also reflects the rich cultural heritage passed down from generation to generation. Similarly enchanting is Malta's lacemaking tradition; delicate threads intertwine as nimble fingers work tirelessly to create intricate patterns that adorn clothing and home decor. Peru reveals its artistic prowess through hand-painted ceramic pendants that showcase vibrant colors inspired by nature's beauty. Ecuador's Otavalo region displays woven wall hangings depicting scenes of Andean life and culture - each thread telling a story etched within its fibers. From George Calver's instruments that produce harmonious melodies to Blists Hill Ironbridge's wheelwrights crafting wooden wheels with expertise - these artisans preserve traditional craftsmanship while embracing modern techniques. In Nigeria's Sokoto region, gourds come alive as they are carved into stunning works of art. The carvers' hands dance across the surface with finesse and passion - transforming ordinary objects into extraordinary pieces that celebrate Nigerian heritage.