Pen and ink drawing on paper of Dipsacus sativus by Claude Aubriet c.1700. Current botanical name: Dipsacus sativus. Inscription 'Chardon a bonnetier' translates as 'hosier's thistle'. English vernacular name: Fuller's teasel. A fulling teasel was used as a kind of brush or comb, in the process of cloth making
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Pen and ink on paper with grey wash. 22.6 cm x 16.6 cm