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This image bank contains approximately 1400 digitized images about the history of the printed book in the Netherlands, largely originating from the collections of the KB. The images can be downloaded and used with the stated credit line.

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Title
 Hanging up paper sheets, late 17th century

Creator
 Lalande, Jérome de (auteur/author)

Year
 1698

Type
 prent, print

Measurements
 32,5 x 21,5 cm.

Related term
 papiermaken

Period
 17e eeuw, 18e eeuw

Classification
 B: Schriftdragers, inkt

Content
 After the superfluous water had been drained from the sheets by the presses, they went to a drying shed or loft. There they were hung up to dry - seven or eight sheets together and folded in the middle - from cords made of fig rope. To do so the woman on the right uses a T-shaped stick. Just as the sorting of rags, this part of paper making was a typical job for women.

Original
 Lalande, [Jérome de]. - L'art de faire le papier, [Parijs, na 1761], pl. XIII

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag PC.A 210

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek