1580 / Jost Amman / Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Funarius, Der Seiler Source: Hartman Schopper, Panoplia Omnium Liberalium Mechanicarum et Seden-tariarum Artium Genera Continens, Frankfurt am Main, 1568, p. 99. We take a look inside the ropemaker’s workshop. There are two ropemakers presented. They are dressed in modern costumes (the Read more…
1708 / Friedrich Frisius / Leipzig, Germany Ceremoniel der Seiler The woodcut is from the publication: Friedrich Frisius, Der vornehmsten Künstler und Handwercker Ceremonial-Politica, Leipzig 1708. It is an illustrated presentation of various crafts, guilds, and jobs, among which ropemaking is also described.The ropemaking workshop is divided into two rooms. Read more…
before 1724 / Jeremias Wolff / Augsburg, Germany Der Seiler The engraving shows a ropemaker (right) spinning thread from hemp fibers, which he has wrapped around his waist, wrapped in an apron. Standing next to him is a woman (left), who, according to the text below, is the owner of Read more…
1770 / Iohannes Amos Comenius / Warsaw Restio & Lorarius / Ropemaker & Saddler The card comes from the publication: Jan Amos Comenius, Świat rzeczy pod zmysły podpadających we czterech językach odmalowany y poprawiony, (Joh[annes]. Amos Comenii, Orbis sensualium pictus quadrilinguis emendatus), Warsaw 1770, pp. 312-315. The graphic representation shows Read more…
1775 / Józef Wagner / Vienna, Austria Der Seiler / Restiarius / Le Cordier / Il Cordaruolo The cards are from Joseph Kurzböck, Schauplatz der Natur und der Künste: in vier Sprachen: deutsch, lateinisch, französisch und italienisch, vol. 2, Vienna 1775 There are 4 people working in the ropemaking workshop, Read more…
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