Engraving
- Title:
- Aiken's Family Knitting Machine - At Home
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1957.038.01
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1855
- Description:
- Colored wood engraving, Aiken's Family Knitting Machine - At Home, by unknown artist, c. 1855. Ink and watercolor on paper. Men, women, and children seated around a table with a knitting machine. Woman on left, turns machine's crank, knitting sock that extends towards the floor; underneath, cat playfully bats at sock. Titled lower margin at center: "AIKEN'S FAMILY KNITTING MACHINE -AT HOME." Black frame, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-6 W-8.75 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Franklin Public Library
- People:
- Aiken
- Subjects:
- Knitting, Inventions, Industrialization, Domestic life
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