Silkworm Collection

Notes on Sericulture, 19th century. Creator: Utagawa Yoshitora
Notes on Sericulture, 19th century

No. 6 (roku), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku... c1798/1800)
No. 6 (roku), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)", Japan, c. 1798/1800

No. 4 (shi), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku... c. 1798/1800)
No. 4 (shi), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)", Japan, c. 1798/1800

No. 6 (roku), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku... c1798/1800)
No. 6 (roku), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)", Japan, c. 1798/1800

No. 3 (san), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku... c. 1798/1800)
No. 3 (san), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)", Japan, c. 1798/1800

No. 4 (shi), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku... c. 1798/1800)
No. 4 (shi), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)", Japan, c. 1798/1800

No. 3 (san), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku... c. 1798/1800)
No. 3 (san), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)", Japan, c. 1798/1800

Title Plate from "The Introduction of the Silkworm"[Vermis Sericus], ca. 1595 Creator: Karel van Mallery
Title Plate from " The Introduction of the Silkworm" [Vermis Sericus], ca. 1595

The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs, Plate 3 from "The Introduction of the Silkworm"[... ca. 1595
The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs, Plate 3 from " The Introduction of the Silkworm" [Vermis Sericus], ca. 1595

The Gathering of Mulberry Leaves and the Feeding of the Silkworms, Plate 5 from "The I... ca. 1595
The Gathering of Mulberry Leaves and the Feeding of the Silkworms, Plate 5 from " The Introduction of the Silkworm" [Vermis Sericus], ca. 1595

The Reeling of Silk, Plate 6 from "The Introduction of the Silkworm"[Vermis Sericus], ... ca. 1595
The Reeling of Silk, Plate 6 from " The Introduction of the Silkworm" [Vermis Sericus], ca. 1595

Plate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series "Kaiko Yashinai-gusa", Japan, c. 1772

Silkworm Pupa Pendant, Shang or Western Zhou period, 13th / 10th century B. C
Silkworm Pupa Pendant, Shang or Western Zhou period, 13th/10th century B.C

Silkworm Pupa, Shang or Western Zhou period, 13th / 10th century B. C. Creator: Unknown
Silkworm Pupa, Shang or Western Zhou period, 13th/10th century B.C

Wooden Silk Winder, c. 1936. Creator: Edward L Loper
Wooden Silk Winder, c. 1936

Two monks present silkworms smuggled from China to the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, 6th century. Plate 2 from Vermis Sericus (The Silkworm)

5000 silkworms eat 125 lbs of mulberry for 8 skeins of silk, making one kimono, c1900, (1921). From Mysterious Japan, by Julian Street. [Doubleday, Page & Company, New York & Toronto, 1921]

Feeding silkworms, 18th century(?). The Manner of Placing the Leaves on Scaffolds and Shelves to Feed Silkworms

Silk cocoons woven into mulberry branches, Antioch, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Silk cocoons woven into mulberry branches, Antioch, Syria, 1900s

Feeding silk worms their breakfast of mulberry leaves, Lebanon mountains, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Feeding silkworms their breakfast of mulberry leaves, Lebanon mountains, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide (detail)

Feeding silkworms their breakfast of mulberry leaves, Lebanon mountains, Syria, 20th century
Feeding silkworms their breakfast of mulberry leaves, Lebanon mountains, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide

A silkworm plantation in the Lebanon mountains, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A silkworm plantation in the Lebanon mountains, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide

The breeding of silk worms, 1775. A print from La nouvelle maison rustique, ou economie generale de tous les biens de campagne

Gathering mulberry leaves to feed silkworms, 19th century. Chinese painting on rice paper

Women examining silk moth eggs and putting them in boxes for hatching into caterpillars, 1748
Women examining silk moth eggs and putting them in boxes for hatching into caterpillars (silkworms), 1748. From The Universal Magazine. (London, 1748)

The Manner of Feeding Silkworms, 1753. Artist: Benjamin Cole
The Manner of Feeding Silkworms, 1753. A silkworm farm, showing the interior of the rearing house or Magnangerie and the collection of mulberry leaves on which the caterpillars (worms) were fed

Women feeding silkworms on mulberry leaves, 19th century. Chinese tempera painting on rice paper

Man drying silkworm cocoons, 19th century. The man dries the cocoons over a charcoal pan surrounded by a bamboo screen, using a blanket and fan to regulate the draught

The Silk-Worm, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Silk-Worm, c1850. Silk, from the silk moth (Bombyx) to the finished product. The central panel shows the lifecycle of the moth from egg to adult

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