[CHINA - COSTUME. ANTIQUE PRINT] MASON, GEORGE HENRY (AFTER).

Cleaning Cotton. [caption title]

The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited. (circa 1860). Stock ID #178447

Engraving 26.8 x 20.2 cm (sheet), slight vertical fold to the inner edge , edges darkened, a few minor spots, but otherwise in very good condition.

"This represents a contrivance in great use for the purpose of clearing cotton from the seeds. By striking, with a small mallet, the catgut string that is attached to the piece of wood which the man holds in his left hand, and to which is affixed a line depending from an elastic piece of bamboo fastened to his back, he loosens the cotton, and thus, by means of the
jarring motion, causes the seeds, or any extraneous substances, to be shaken out of it....." [descriptive text from George Henry Mason, "The Costume of China..." first published in 1800]

From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker.

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Price: $50.00 AU

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