Someone explain to me, what is happening in the top panel?https://twitter.com/DocCrom/status/1454023907346993157 …
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The fabric on the line is being teased to remove the nap; the other figure is carrying a bleaching frame into position. Stop the frame is an owl, the symbol of Minerva, who was the patron deity of the fullers.
Wow, I had seen that fulling scene is plates in books but never as part of the original object. It's really quite incredible!
