The Reeling of Silk
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1595
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: Several women appear seated at tables on which silkworm cocoons are placed. They work at unwinding the cocoons, the thread being wound on large spools. A woman stands at right, holding a child in her arms. Another tends the fire in the left foreground.
label: Description
content: Verso: A kneeling figure, at center, identified as Esther, kneels before a king, at left, identified as Ahasuerus. He lowers a crown onto her head. Many figures stand nearby, observing.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-171
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in opaque white paint, on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9.9 × 14.4 cm (3 7/8 × 5 11/16 in.)