Shaping Collection

Unidentified building, Japan, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Unidentified building, Japan, 1908

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Evening Snow on a Floss Shaper (Nurioke no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of the...c. 1766
Evening Snow on a Floss Shaper (Nurioke no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)", c. 1766

Evening Snow on a Floss Shaper (Nurioke no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of the...c. 1766
Evening Snow on a Floss Shaper (Nurioke no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)", c. 1766

Beating hot garden forks, Ward & Payne Ltd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965. Red hot garden forks are beaten into shape on an anvil before being finished

Machine for Shaping Iron Rods for Making Cannon, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Machine for Shaping Iron Rods for Making Cannon, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Nasmyths steam hammer at work, (c1880). Artist: Roberts
Nasmyths steam hammer at work, (c1880). The steam hammer was invented by the Scottish engineer and inventor James Nasmyth (1808-1890)

Wood machinery, 19th century. Kinders universal wood-shaping machine, Whines dovetailing machine, Bernier and Arbey mortising tool, Bernier and Arbey machine for striking mouldings

Stonemasons, c1845. Masons wearing heavy leather safety aprons, sawing stone blocks and shaping them with mallet and chisel. Top: breaking stone with fire and water

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