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Ugly Duckling (Boyle)The old cottage woman, with her distaff and her animal companions : often such solitary females were suspected of witchcraft
The Curse: Adam is digging in the ground, assisted by Death.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death
Adam and the skeleton of Death uprooting a treeCondemnation to Labour: Adam and the skeleton of Death uprooting a tree, while Eve suckles a baby and holds a distaff. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death
Prosobranchia sea snail shells: triumphant star turban, Guildfordia triumphans 1, imperial cone, Conus imperialis 2, Madras harp, Harpa davidis 3, Venus comb, Murex pecten pecten 4, branched murex
Elderly woman with distaff and spindle, Auvergne, FranceElderly woman with distaff and spindle, Auvergne, Central France. 1922
Woman at a spinning wheel, Dinan, Brittany, Northern FranceWoman at a spinning wheel near Dinan, Brittany, Northern France. 1922
Spanish Cantabrian Peasant Woman Spinning. 19th century
Cordwainers Hall, Distaff Lane
Old woman spinning in her cottageAn old cottage woman spins with a distaff at her fireside. Date: circa 17th century
Witch uses distaff summon up a storm, 1537An old witch working magic, using her distaff to cause a storm. Date: 1537
Country people in the Middle Ages -- a woman feeds a hen and chicks, a man sharpens his scythe before continuing to cut grass, and an older man carries a basket on his back. Date: circa 13th century
Distaff DayWomen returning to work on Distaff Day (the day after Twelfth Day). Date: 19th Century
Yellow distaff thistle, Carthamus lanatus.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn by John Curtis and engraved by Weddell from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1820, Samuel Curtis, Walworth, London
A Chinese Woman spinning, Qianlong Period (1736-96) (gouache on paper). Chinese art. SWITZERLAND. Bern. Bernese Historical Museum
Cordwainers Hall, Distaff Lane Date: 1830
Italian Girl Spinning with Distaff. Indoni, Filippo fl.1883-89
Manuscript Royal 10 E. (14th c. ). Distaff. GothicManuscript Royal 10 E. (14th c.). Distaff. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. UNITED KINGDOM. London. The British Museum
Chodenland Girl SpinnerA girl of Chodenland, (Bohemia, Czechoslovakia), spinning flax wrapped around a distaff, which is always tied around a ribbon embroidered with many colours. Date: 1930s
Distaff SpinningSpinning cotton with a distaff, in an English cottage
Spinning, ScotlandA girl spins with a distaff outside a Scottish cottage
Spinning, AustriaA Rockensitz - literally, a distaff session - among peasant women in lower Austria; the old lady tells stories as she spins, the young ones listen
First DistaffTHE FIRST DISTAFF
Witch WeidlitzAn old witch working magic, using her distaff to cause a storm
Swedish Cottage InteriorA peasants cottage in the Swedish countryside - a tranquil evening idyll