Caption

Woman working with a loom, An Azorean Peasant at the Loom, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Walter B. Swift, cliché maker: Frederick Gutekunst, Philadelphia, c. 1887 - in or before 1892-04-16, printer (person), North America, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 178 mm x width 115 mm, weaving-loom (women (labourers)), A sepia-toned scene shows an interior room with a wooden loom occupying the center, its frame of rough beams and suspended threads visible, and a seated woman working at the loom with a long skirt and hair pulled back; earthen walls with peeling plaster form the backdrop, a thatched ceiling with exposed rafters and hanging dried ears of corn runs across the top, and various tools and objects are scattered around the floor including a spinning wheel, a low table with a basket, sandals, a pair of shoes, a bottle-shaped vessel, and a small basket filled with fabric or yarn, while ropes, bundles of fiber, and wooden implements hang from or lean against the loom and walls.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B03_372

License type

Rights managed

Available size

37.9Mb (10.4Mb) / 9.4in x 15.7in / 2814 x 4704 (300dpi)

Keywords

Woman working loom Azorean Peasant Loom page photomechanical print photographer Walter B Swift cliché maker Frederick Gutekunst Philadelphia c 1887 - 1892-04-16 printer person North America paper collotype photoprint height 178 mm x width 115 mm weaving-loom women labourers sepia-toned scene interior room wooden loom occupying center frame rough beams suspended threads visible seated woman working long skirt hair pulled back earthen walls peeling plaster form backdrop thatched ceiling exposed rafters hanging dried ears corn runs across top various tools objects scattered floor spinning wheel low table basket sandals pair shoes bottle-shaped vessel small basket filled fabric yarn ropes bundles fiber wooden implements hang lean walls