Spooling
1880
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1880
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Spooling is a 1880 paint by Jun Wu, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a moment in the silk trade. Wu Jun painted it between 1870 and 1890. It’s part of an album about silk making. You see a woman guiding wet silk threads onto a reel. She checks for knots with her left hand while turning the reel with her right. The thread gets a gentle twist. Look up Wu, Jun next.
