Heckling of hemp plant fibre Product:Postcard Hyde Park during a military

Hyde Park during a military review by Princess Alexandra

View of Westminster

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Many ordinary artisans wished to distance themselves from the 'vast mass of roughs' that joined in their protests

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Heckling of hemp plant fibre Product:Postcard Hyde Park during a militaryIllustration of the process of heckling hemp to separate the plant fibres. The fibres were subjected to repeated combing by different grades of heckle [comb] to prepare the material for use in rope making or cloth production. The scene shows workmen processing the plant and this is surmounted by a decorative border with hemp plants Cannabis sativa, heckling combs, scutches and other equipment. Plate 5 in the monograph On the cultivation and