Bidspirit auction | Set School Education Posters Silk
Set School Education Posters Silk Production Rice fields China. Set of 3 original vintage educational posters from the Macmillan's Geography Pictures series. 1. Irrigating Ricefields in China - featuring an illustration of four men smiling as they turn the water wheels to transfer river water into the rice fields. People can be seen harvesting and shipping the rice in the background. Horizontal. Fair condition, pinholes, staining, creasing, tears, tape marks on corners. Country of issue: UK, designer: C.B. Beardsworth, size (cm): 43x53, year of printing: 1950s; 2. A Silk Producers Home in China - featuring an illustration of men, women and children working in a green garden. Silk shirts are hanging on a line above ducks and chickens grazing on the grass. Horizontal. Good condition, pinholes, creasing, tears, staining. Country of issue: UK, designer: Mac Tatchell, size (cm): 43x53, year of printing: 1950s; 3. Silk Culture in Different Lands - featuring a collage of three illustrations of silk production stages. The first lady is holding a box of silkworms, the second is holding a basket of silk and the third is using a machine to manufacture the silk into fabric. Good condition, creasing, pinholes, staining, tears. Country of issue: UK, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 53x43, year of printing: 1950s.