XIX/XX w. / Germany (?) A ropemaking wheel from a workshop in Myslenice A rope wheel – from a large flywheel moved by a crank, the drive by means of a string is transferred to spindles with hooks (three or Read more
1857 / Poland A set of cordage machines (reel and cart), folk The reel is driven by a crank, setting in motion cogwheels, connected to pegs to which a twisted cord was attached. The cart (with two wheels at the Read more
1877 / Spisz, Poland A set of ropemaking machines (reel and cart), folk The reel is driven by a crank, setting in motion gears, connected to pegs to which the twisted cord was attached. The cart (with two wheels at Read more
XIX-XX century / Poland Set of ropemaking machines (reel and cart), folk The reel is driven by a crank, setting in motion cogwheels, connected to pegs to which a twisted cord was attached. The cart also has a crank, embedded Read more
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 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 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), 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 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 Read more