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Wooden Barrel Collection (#2)

"The Timeless Charm of the Wooden Barrel: A Journey Through History" Step back in time to the 15th century, where we find ourselves in Tournai

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Patriotic map showing a French soldier settles in an oral sliced and eating bread ' We

Patriotic map showing a French soldier settles in an oral sliced and eating bread " We
LUX4743607 Patriotic map showing a French soldier settles in an oral sliced and eating bread " We! we do not eat bread KK"

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Letter V: distribution of wine. Engraving of 'The soldier's alphabet'. E.R

Letter V: distribution of wine. Engraving of "The soldier's alphabet". E.R
DUV4209472 Letter V: distribution of wine. Engraving of "The soldier's alphabet". E.R. Halt it!, publisher, Paris, around 1916

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Letters U Usurer; V Harvesters; V Vinegar (manufacturer and dealer of vinegar); Y Eyes (oculist)

Letters U Usurer; V Harvesters; V Vinegar (manufacturer and dealer of vinegar); Y Eyes (oculist)
DUV4211558 Letters U Usurer; V Harvesters; V Vinegar (manufacturer and dealer of vinegar); Y Eyes (oculist). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Letter T Cooper. Engraving in ' Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers'

Letter T Cooper. Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"
DUV4211556 Letter T Cooper. Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers". A work in which a child, while having fun, can learn about the most useful Arts to the Society

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Double page; Q Rs T; Q Hardware; R Rotisseur;s Locksmith (manufactures locks); T Cooperier

Double page; Q Rs T; Q Hardware; R Rotisseur;s Locksmith (manufactures locks); T Cooperier
DUV4211523 Double page; Q Rs T; Q Hardware; R Rotisseur;s Locksmith (manufactures locks); T Cooperier. Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Illustration for 'Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire', 1866 (engraving)

Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving)
DUV4205596 Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving); 21x17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: 'Street life in London': workers on the 'silent highway', 1877 (print on double-weight paper)

"Street life in London": workers on the "silent highway", 1877 (print on double-weight paper)
3570767 "Street life in London": workers on the "silent highway", 1877 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: London, Great Britain 1877 Photographer: Thomson)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Les Vendanges. Detail Droite.Tapestry of the 16th century. Paris, Museum of the Middle Ages - Cluny

Les Vendanges. Detail Droite.Tapestry of the 16th century. Paris, Museum of the Middle Ages - Cluny
ETI4396382 Les Vendanges. Detail Droite.Tapestry of the 16th century. Paris, Museum of the Middle Ages - Cluny; (add.info.: Les Vendanges. Detail Droite.Tapestry of the 16th century)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: English dandies at a wine tasting in a vault, 1820. Tom, Jerry

English dandies at a wine tasting in a vault, 1820. Tom, Jerry and Logic tasting Wine in the Wood at the London Docks
FLO4662097 English dandies at a wine tasting in a vault, 1820. Tom, Jerry and Logic tasting Wine in the Wood at the London Docks

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Noah's drunkenness (low relief)

Noah's drunkenness (low relief)
BEN5471501 Noah's drunkenness (low relief) by Pisano, Andrea (1270-1349); Museo dell'Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), Florence, Tuscany, Italy; (add.info.: Noah's drunkenness)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: An engraving depicting men treading the grapes, 19th century

An engraving depicting men treading the grapes, 19th century
5311192 An engraving depicting men treading the grapes, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1836); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Saponification of tallow with lime, 1887 (Engraving)

Saponification of tallow with lime, 1887 (Engraving)
7295187 Saponification of tallow with lime, 1887 (Engraving); Private Collection; Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Greece, Crete, Candia: English sector, port, Venetian fortifications, sailboats and many barrels

Greece, Crete, Candia: English sector, port, Venetian fortifications, sailboats and many barrels, 1908
LUX4763079 Greece, Crete, Candia: English sector, port, Venetian fortifications, sailboats and many barrels, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Crete, Candia: English sector, port, Venetian fortifications)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: France, Brittany, Cotes-d'Armor (22), Dinan: old quarter, tower of waste

France, Brittany, Cotes-d'Armor (22), Dinan: old quarter, tower of waste
LUX4775394 France, Brittany, Cotes-d'Armor (22), Dinan: old quarter, tower of waste, belfry and place with a water tank on a cart, 1900; (add.info.: France, Brittany, Cotes-d'Armor (22)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Description of medicinal plants and how to prepare them. Manuscript page ' Treats on herbs'

Description of medicinal plants and how to prepare them. Manuscript page " Treats on herbs"
VEN5028067 Description of medicinal plants and how to prepare them. Manuscript page " Treats on herbs" (Tractatus de herbis) by Pedanius Dioscorides (Dioscorides) (40-90 AD) Lat.1152, 1458

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Switzerland, Canton of Fribourg, DI, Fribourg: cathedrale Saint Nicolas

Switzerland, Canton of Fribourg, DI, Fribourg: cathedrale Saint Nicolas, the Gothic tower overlooking the roofs of
LUX4795241 Switzerland, Canton of Fribourg, DI, Fribourg: cathedrale Saint Nicolas, the Gothic tower overlooking the roofs of the old quarter a day of walking, 1895; (add.info.: Switzerland)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: France, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Bouches-du-Rhone (13), Marseille

France, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Bouches-du-Rhone (13), Marseille: the cathedrale at the edge of the quay with
LUX4787175 France, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Bouches-du-Rhone (13), Marseille: the cathedrale at the edge of the quay with many wagons, barrels and shops, 1898 - A. bonneville Alger, B

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Algeria, Ain Zeft: workers come to refuel bitumen at a barrel laid along the road, 1907

Algeria, Ain Zeft: workers come to refuel bitumen at a barrel laid along the road, 1907
LUX4780417 Algeria, Ain Zeft: workers come to refuel bitumen at a barrel laid along the road, 1907; (add.info.: Algeria, Ain Zeft: workers come to refuel bitumen at a barrel laid along the road)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Greece, Crete: meeting in a Cretan cafe with French soldiers from the 122nd century

Greece, Crete: meeting in a Cretan cafe with French soldiers from the 122nd century, at the bottom of barrels
LUX4770706 Greece, Crete: meeting in a Cretan cafe with French soldiers from the 122nd century, at the bottom of barrels, one of which is painted with Dionysus's head, 1905; (add.info.: Greece)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: A man of the Middle Ages flies in a boat, on a lake with water lilies

A man of the Middle Ages flies in a boat, on a lake with water lilies, accompanied by a little girl dipping her hand in
FLO4677213 A man of the Middle Ages flies in a boat, on a lake with water lilies, accompanied by a little girl dipping her hand in the water - Lithograph from an illustration by J.E

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: The merchant. After escaping from the perils of the sea, he reached the shore on which his goods

The merchant. After escaping from the perils of the sea, he reached the shore on which his goods were waiting
FLO4675694 The merchant. After escaping from the perils of the sea, he reached the shore on which his goods were waiting. The merchant, while contemplating his wealth, is finally surprised by death

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Messer Gaster (le ventre) - engraving of 1823 in ' Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel' by Francois

Messer Gaster (le ventre) - engraving of 1823 in " Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais
JEB4934781 Messer Gaster (le ventre) - engraving of 1823 in " Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais (1494-1553) - (The Capricious Dreams of Pantagruel)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): The grant of the door to the Clignancourt chapel, 1890

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): The grant of the door to the Clignancourt chapel, 1890
LUX4811046 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): The grant of the door to the Clignancourt chapel, 1890; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): The grant of the door to the Clignancourt chapel

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Chemille-sur-Deme: vintage boiler, brick and wood barn

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Chemille-sur-Deme: vintage boiler, brick and wood barn, copper still, 1895
LUX4760234 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Chemille-sur-Deme: vintage boiler, brick and wood barn, copper still, 1895; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: France, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne (51), Reims: General view of the Champagne Saint Marceaux

France, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne (51), Reims: General view of the Champagne Saint Marceaux manufacturing plant
LUX4801270 France, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne (51), Reims: General view of the Champagne Saint Marceaux manufacturing plant and company with the start of horse carts loads of champagne cases

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: France, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne (51), Reims: Factory of manufacture of Champagne Saint Marceaux

France, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne (51), Reims: Factory of manufacture of Champagne Saint Marceaux and company
LUX4801369 France, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne (51), Reims: Factory of manufacture of Champagne Saint Marceaux and company, bouchonnerie, 1890 - photo by Rothier; (add.info.: France, Champagne-Ardenne)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: The wine cellar. Illustration of ' The Brownies', legend of the 19th century reproduced in

The wine cellar. Illustration of " The Brownies", legend of the 19th century reproduced in the poem "
IMB4827315 The wine cellar. Illustration of " The Brownies", legend of the 19th century reproduced in the poem " Die Heinzelmannchen zu Koln" by August Kopisch (1799-1853)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Algeria, Ain Zeft: road asphalt tests, a worker heats the bitumen in the barrel

Algeria, Ain Zeft: road asphalt tests, a worker heats the bitumen in the barrel
LUX4780401 Algeria, Ain Zeft: road asphalt tests, a worker heats the bitumen in the barrel and flows into a bucket using a twigs fire, 1907; (add.info.: Algeria, Ain Zeft: road asphalt tests)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Capriccio (imaginary landscape) with scenes of life in a port city (painting)

Capriccio (imaginary landscape) with scenes of life in a port city (painting)
3497468 Capriccio (imaginary landscape) with scenes of life in a port city (painting); Fondazione Cariplo, Milan, Lombardy

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Oil wells at Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, USA, 1880 (engraving)

Oil wells at Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, USA, 1880 (engraving)
864415 Oil wells at Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, USA, 1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Oil wells at Oil Creek, 150 miles up the Allegheny River from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print)

Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print)
864132 Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: "The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Young boy with a fishing net sitting on a barrel (b/w photo)

Young boy with a fishing net sitting on a barrel (b/w photo)
8655933 Young boy with a fishing net sitting on a barrel (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Fat Men's Club on the Rue de la Folie Mericourt, Paris (b/w photo)

Fat Men's Club on the Rue de la Folie Mericourt, Paris (b/w photo)
8664242 Fat Men's Club on the Rue de la Folie Mericourt, Paris (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fat and proud of it)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Halali / Halali (colour litho)

Halali / Halali (colour litho)
8666297 Halali / Halali (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Halali)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: The Tiger in the Barrel (chromolitho)

The Tiger in the Barrel (chromolitho)
8663993 The Tiger in the Barrel (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tiger in the Barrel)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: A dream of heaven (colour litho)

A dream of heaven (colour litho)
8656825 A dream of heaven (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A dream of heaven. Special cuddling department. Admission free)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Alexander the Great visiting Diogenes (engraving)

Alexander the Great visiting Diogenes (engraving)
8635117 Alexander the Great visiting Diogenes (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alexander the Great visiting the Philosopher Diogenes)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: The ale, c.1910 (print)

The ale, c.1910 (print)
7293314 The ale, c.1910 (print); (add.info.: Food and beverage. The Cervoise, ancestor of the ale. The cellar of a brewery)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: The vinegar, c.1910 (print)

The vinegar, c.1910 (print)
7293339 The vinegar, c.1910 (print); (add.info.: Food and beverage. Origins of the vinegar in France. Travelling vinegar maker in the middle age)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Engraving depicting various applications of the inclined plane. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting various applications of the inclined plane. Dated 19th Century
UIG5426012 Engraving depicting various applications of the inclined plane. Dated 19th Century; UIG

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Engraving depicting various applications of the inclined plane. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting various applications of the inclined plane. Dated 19th Century
UIG5426049 Engraving depicting various applications of the inclined plane. Dated 19th Century; UIG

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Engraving depicting a pulley-system being used to lift a barrel. Dated 18th Century

Engraving depicting a pulley-system being used to lift a barrel. Dated 18th Century
UIG5426048 Engraving depicting a pulley-system being used to lift a barrel. Dated 18th Century; UIG

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Engraving depicting various applications of the inclined plane. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting various applications of the inclined plane. Dated 19th Century
UIG5426001 Engraving depicting various applications of the inclined plane. Dated 19th Century; UIG

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Smugglers alarm: gathered in their hideout, the smugglers organize their defense

Smugglers alarm: gathered in their hideout, the smugglers organize their defense
MMM5457668 Smugglers alarm: gathered in their hideout, the smugglers organize their defense, one is watching the outside through the keyhole

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: 19th century illustration of a windlass for raising weights. A crank handle turns a shaft carrying

19th century illustration of a windlass for raising weights. A crank handle turns a shaft carrying a screw which links
5311562 19th century illustration of a windlass for raising weights. A crank handle turns a shaft carrying a screw which links a toothed wheel to a drum

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Jim Hawkins overhears a conversation revealing the pirate mutiny, 1885 (engraving)

Jim Hawkins overhears a conversation revealing the pirate mutiny, 1885 (engraving)
8723994 Jim Hawkins overhears a conversation revealing the pirate mutiny, 1885 (engraving) by Roux, George (1853-1929); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: United States, Massachusetts: Cart with pony carrying a barrel filled with water in the village of

United States, Massachusetts: Cart with pony carrying a barrel filled with water in the village of Siasconset Island of
NWI4966162 United States, Massachusetts: Cart with pony carrying a barrel filled with water in the village of Siasconset Island of Nantucket, years 1870

Background imageWooden Barrel Collection: Illustration for 'Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire', 1866 (engraving)

Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving)
DUV4205685 Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving); 21x17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter T Cooper)




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"The Timeless Charm of the Wooden Barrel: A Journey Through History" Step back in time to the 15th century, where we find ourselves in Tournai, witnessing a significant event - The Bishop of Tournai receiving the tithe of beer. As we delve deeper into history, a tapestry depicting Vintagers from the same era captures our attention. The intricate woolen masterpiece showcases the artistry and importance of wine production during that period. Fast forward to Leerdam in the late 19th century, where an oil painting titled "A Town Gate" transports us to a quaint Dutch town with its charming architecture and bustling streets. Meanwhile, another oil painting takes us inside an inn circa 1640, revealing peasants enjoying their leisurely moments while smoking pipes. This scene reminds us that wooden barrels were not only vessels for transportation but also played a role in creating spaces for socializing and relaxation. Returning to Tournai's rich heritage, we encounter yet another captivating tapestry depicting Wine Pressers. Created using wool fibers like its predecessor, this artwork highlights how winemaking was deeply ingrained in the cultural fabric of this region. Shifting gears entirely, we stumble upon an intriguing piece from 1614-26 - an oil painting capturing a sperm whale washed up on Noordwijk beach. Although seemingly unrelated at first glance, it serves as a reminder that wooden barrels were essential containers used for storing various goods including precious whale oil. Venturing further into art history brings us face-to-face with "The Tower of Babel, " painted around 1490. This biblical narrative reminds us that even ancient civilizations recognized wood as one of humanity's most versatile resources – utilized not just for construction but also for crafting barrels vital to their daily lives. As industrialization takes hold across continents and centuries pass by rapidly before our eyes; cotton dye works come alive through vibrant color lithographs showcasing Empire Trade's growth.