Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Winding silk from the cocoons]
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Accession number:
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03526
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Record number:
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03526-1
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JCB call number:
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D650 W722vd
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Image title:
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[Winding silk from the cocoons]
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[T.H. for John Stephenson]
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Image date:
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[1650]
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Image function:
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illustration; p. [15]
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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15.1 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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10.9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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17.3 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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12.1 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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A man and woman make silk thread. The woman unwinds the cocoons in a basin of water placed over a fire while the man drives a winding apparatus by hand.
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Source creator:
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Williams, Edward, fl. 1650
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Source Title:
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Virginia's discovery of silke-vvormes, with their benefit. And the implanting of mulberry trees
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed by T.H. for John Stephenson, at the Signe of the Sun, below Ludgate.
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Source date:
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1650
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Time Period:
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1601-1650
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References exhibitions:
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Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, fig. 42, item 92.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Silk spinning
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