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].
It takes a village to raise an object. Here are the people who've been involved with this one:
- Published by Philips Galle
- Engraved by Hans Collaert II
- Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus
- Previously owned by Giovanni Piancastelli