Unwinding the silk cocoons, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving on paper, Horizontal rectangle. View of women sorting and unwinding the cocoons and giving them the various stages of preparing the silk for weaving it, etc. Below the print caption in Latin: 'Hinc vermium permullà saepe millia. Simul legunt parant ez telas feminae.' 'Cognes ramassées et mises dans une espèce de chaudière avec le Dividoir pour lever les soyes.', Netherlands, ca. 1600, figures, Print

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