Craftsmen Collection (page 2)

Ancient Gem Cutter and Apprentice - Sri Lanka
Ancient Gem Cutter with his cutting and polishing tools and (his middle-aged!) Apprentice - Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1908

Europe. Middle Age. Construction of a gothic Cathedral. Illustration by Lluis Bargall󮠗 atercolour

Making Japanese Paper Chochin lanterns - one used as a sign
Making Japanese Paper Chochin lanterns and an example of one being used as a sign. Date: circa 1930s

Cartier workshop 1957, mounting brooch
A mounter at work in the Cartier workshop on the second floor of the firms New Bond Street headquarters in London. The mounter uses tweezers to place gemstones on the brooch

Glass blower. Illustration of Tractatus de Herbis, 15 c. of the work De Materia Medica. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. EMILIA-ROMAGNA. Modena. Estense Library

The Bezalel School of Arts & Crafts, Jerusalem, Israel
The Bezalel School of Arts & Crafts on Abyssinia Street in Jerusalem, established by Professor Boris Schatz in 1906 (pictured on the left in the white suit)

Mumtaz-I-Mahal
MUMTAZ-I-MAHAL favourite wife of emperor Shah Jahan : when she died, he employed 20, 000 craftsmen to construct the Taj Mahal in her memory (1630 - 1653)

The Culture House, Reykjavik
The Culture House in Reykjavik was built in 1906 1908 to house the National Library and National Archives of Iceland and was opened to the public in 1909. Date: circa 1910

Chiswick Art Workers Guild making Cecil Aldin toys
At the toy-makers: a glimpse at Mr Aldins works at Bedford Park. Members of the Chiswick Art Workers Guild busily manufacturing Mr Aldins toys

Seated artisan working on an object, England
Seated, bearded artisan working on an object, England. circa 1970

Maison E Dorez Freres - Jewellers, Algiers, Algeria
Maison E Dorez Freres - Jewellers and producers of objets d arts and items of local craftsmanship - 10, Rue Socgemah Algiers, Algeria - founded in 1842. Date: circa 1901

Strike by Belgian Glassmakers and Cutters - Manage
A strike by Belgian Glassmakers and Engravers / Cutters from the Glassworks at Manage, Hainaut, Belgium - the board notice on the building behind them demands an end to having to work throughout

A Ward, Quex Park VAD Hospital. This ward was located in the Drawing Room of Quex House. Originally built as a small ballroom in 1883

Couple with goldsmith on a Christmas card
Elizabethan-style couple admiring the products of a goldsmith on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Japanese lacquer postcard artist at work in a London shop. Date: circa 1924

A Chinese Woman darning, Qianlong Period (1736-96) (gouache on paper). Chinese art. SWITZERLAND. Bern. Bernese Historical Museum

A Chinese Woman making a bobbin, Qianlong Period (1736-96) (gouache on paper). Chinese art. SWITZERLAND. Bern. Bernese Historical Museum

Tile representation of handicrafts. Catalan school, 17th-18th c. Ceramics. Proc: SPAIN. CATALONIA

Tanners of Barcelona. Gremial book, 1402-1649
Gremial book of the Guild of Blanquers of Barcelona. 1402-1649. Blanquer is the Catalan name receiving the leather tanner profession

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, being fitted out
With the launching of the Queen Mary Ocean Liner a new phase of work began. Eighteen months between September 1934, and her departure for preliminary trials on 24 March 1936

Japan - Making reed mats on a simple frame loom
Black and white lantern slide showing Japanese men making reed mats on a simple frame loom Date: circa 1890s

North London School of Drawing & Modelling, Camden Town
North London School of Drawing and Modelling, Camden Town. The school, states the Illustrated London News, may be considered a model school for the education of art-workmen

Tub manufacturing, Stana, Romania
Men making wooden buckets or tubs in a shed at Stana (Stina), Romania. Date: circa 1910s

Repairing a junk - Vietnam / China border - Xi River
Repairing a junk near the Vietnam / China border on the banks of the Xi River, the western tributary of the Pearl River in China

Tonkin region - Vietnam - Traditional painters & decorators
Tonkin region - Vietnam - Traditional painters, artisans & gilders. Date: 1907

Interior of an Arabian Bazaar - postcard sent fm Istanbul, but form of the Bazaar is clearly a very artistic impression! Date: circa 1910

Russian lantern maker in his shop Date: 1902

Livingstone, Zambia - Native Craftsmen, Shapiros Curio Store. Date: circa 1906

Tunisia - Basketmakers
Tunisian Basketmakers Date: circa 1910s

Lacquer craftsmen. Print shows three men in a lacquer painters workshop (studio) lacquering items. Date 1878 Dec

Tub Manufacturing - Stana
Making wooden buckets/tubs at Stana (Stina) Romania Date: circa 1910s

Albanian Stonemasons Date: circa 1910s

Cairo - Brasswork Factory in the Khan el-Khalil Bazaar Date: circa 1903

Bootmakers in Cyprus
Making traditional Cypriot heavy boots in Cyprus Date: circa 1910s

EARLY NORMAN FONT
An early Norman font, actually made by Saxon craftsmen, in the church at Launcells, near Bude, Cornwall, England. Date: 11th or 12th century

UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (1 / 4)
Dippers at work, glazing the ware, Date: circa 1910s

UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (4 / 4)
Flat presser making dishes at a pottery in Burslem, Staffs Date: circa 1910s

Jews making mosaics - Syria
Jews making Mosaic patterns in Syria. The tessera are being cut by a craftsman with a handsaw, while his young assistant mixes the suitable cementing adhesive

UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (2 / 4)
Making toilet ware at Burslem, Staffs (making the jugs for jug and basin sets). Date: circa 1910s

Indian Silver and Gold Craftsmen
Metalworking in silver and Gold in India Date: circa 1920s

Paris Exhibition - Great Indian Exhibition (2 / 3)
People from the Malabar region of southern India (lying between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea) at the Grande Exposition Indienne held in Paris in 1902

Indian Goldsmiths at work

Terazije - Belgrade, Serbia
Terazije - the central square and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Here local men make traditional costume pieces including the highly decorated jerkins

Tunisia - Boutique of a leather worker / saddler
A craftsmen working in leather sits making handbags and saddles in his Tunisian shop / boutique

Tunisia - Arab painters
Arab painters decorate metal pots/ewers in Tunisia, North Africa

Tunisia - Plaster Carving
The carving of fantastically decorative plaster screens in a Tunisian workshop

Tunisia - Wood Turning
A wood turner in Tunisia, making an elegant table leg - the basic lathe appears to be foot-operated

Artisans - Morocco
Moroccan street artisans, making decorative inlaid furniture items in wood and metal

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