Unwinding the cocoons, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Engraving on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Several women are seated at long tables on which silkworms cocoons are placed, and are in process of unwinding the cocoons, the thread being wound on long spools. Woman stands, left, with a child in her arms. View of street in background, left, with women gathering cocoons (?)., Antwerp., Netherlands, ca. 1590, figures, Print

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