Young Venetian woman separating silk eggs, 16th century

Young Venetian woman separating silk eggs. She wears a blue gown with gold sleeves, lace fan collar, blonde hair with pearl band. She stands before a table about to pour silk eggs into a glass of warmed Malvasia wine. Jeune Venetienne. After a handcoloured woodcut in Dialoghi di Magino Gabrielli Hebreo Venetiano, 1588, a book about extracting silk thread from the cocoon twice a year.. Handcolored lithograph after an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard from Georges Duplessis's Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris, 1867. Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard was an artist, book illustrator, and interior designer

16th Century 18th Century Book Illustrator Cocoon Costumes Historiques Des Xvie Edmond Lechevallier-chevignard Georges Duplessis

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