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"Drawing, Heating and Preparing Cocoons, Reeling Silk [above left]; Drying Mulberry Leaves [below left]; Arranging Mulberry Leaves on Shelves [above right]; Nurturing the Silkworms [below right].")
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Drawing, Heating and Preparing Cocoons, Reeling Silk [above left]; Drying Mulberry Leaves [below left]; Arranging Mulberry Leaves on Shelves [above right]; Nurturing the Silkworms [below right].
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and engraved by Hans Collaert II and published by Philips Galle. It is dated ca. 1596 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash on two joined sheets of paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- Mabushi (Silk Cocoon Crate)
- wood, metal, paperboard, plastic.
- Courtesy of Matsuoka Co. Ltd..
- 89.2015.1
- Skeins Of 500 Denier Kibiso
- kibiso.
- Courtesy of Matsuoka Co. Ltd..
- 89.2015.4-1
Its dimensions are
H x W (Overall): 14.9 × 20 cm (5 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.) H x W (Left sheet): 14.2 × 10.2 cm (5 9/16 × 4 in.) H x W (Right sheet): 14.9 × 10.4 cm (5 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Heating and Preparing Cocoons, Reeling Silk [above left]; Drying Mulberry Leaves [below left]; Arranging Mulberry Leaves on Shelves [above right]; Nurturing the Silkworms [below right].; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Engraved by Hans Collaert II (Flemish, 1560 - 1628); Published by Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537 - 1612); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash on two joined sheets of paper; H x W (Overall): 14.9 × 20 cm (5 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.) H x W (Left sheet): 14.2 × 10.2 cm (5 9/16 × 4 in.) H x W (Right sheet): 14.9 × 10.4 cm (5 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-297
