Fabriques de Draps de M.M. François Biolley & fils, établissement de Basse Crotte, près Verviers (Belgique) /

Fabriques de Draps de M.M. François Biolley & fils, établissement de Basse Crotte, près Verviers (Belgique) /

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Title:
Fabriques de Draps de M.M. François Biolley & fils, établissement de Basse Crotte, près Verviers (Belgique) /
Description:
Fabriques de Draps de M.M. Francois Biolley & fils, Etablissement de Basse Crotte, pres Verviers (Belgique). [Cloth factories of M.M. Francois Biolley & son, Establishment {in} Lower Crotte, near Verviers (Belgium).] Edwin Toovey, del. et lith. Imp. Simonau & Toovey. Bruxelles [Brussels], chez Geruzet, editeur. Lithograph, [ca. 1852]. Color image depicts a view of a factory at the bottom of a hill with one tall smoking chimney behind the main building; several other smoking chimneys in the background. Another smaller building with a smokestack is on the left. In the foreground a man stands in the road with four horses linked together; a woman steps along the road that leads back to the factory. At the top of the hill in the background is a castle tower flying a Belgian flag. "Belgique Industrielle" at the top of the print; one of a series of prints. 56.5 x 41.5 cm. (OCLC)
Author:
Toovey, Edwin, active 19th century
Contributor:
Simonau et Toovey
Date:
[ca. 1852]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Location:
American Textile History Museum
Collection (local):
Osborne Library
Subjects:
Textile factories
François Biolley & Fils
Places:
Belgium > Wallonia (region) > Liège (province) > Verviers
Extent:
1 print : lithograph (color) ; 42 x 57 cm
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Place of origin:
Bruxelles
Language:
French
Notes (ownership):
The American Textile History Museum closed in 2016. This item has been transferred to the Kheel Center at Cornell University Library.
Notes (object):
Condition: Good
Accession #:
0000.216.1