Hinc vermium permulta saepe millia, simul legunt, parant[que] telas feminae ...

Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700: vol. XI, p. 160, no. 120
Folger bibliographic ID: 256193
British Museum collection database, [via www, Oct. 20 2009]: registration no. F,1.168
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Folger holdings ID: 338889

In a vaulted room, women of various ages spinning silk; at centre, a woman warming silkworms to be weaved; behind, to left, view of a street seen in perspective.--From British Museum

General notes

Dates from British Museum '6' inscribed in plate in lower left corner beneath image One line in French describing the silk-making activities depicted inscribed in plate beneath Latin title Also available as a digital reproduction

Exhibited

Exhibited: Women in the Renaissance, Folger Shakespeare Library, September 26, 1989-February 17, 1990

Extended title: Hinc vermium permulta saepe millia, simul legunt, parant[que] telas feminae ... Ioan. Stradanus inuent. ; [Karel van Mallery]
Alternate titles: Vermis serivs. The history of the silkworm and silk-spinning, Vermis sericus

Silk industry Women

printmaker: Mallery, Karel van, 1571-approximately 1635
artist: Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605