Minerva Leads a Weaving

Trade label of a weaving mill. Minerva visits women spinning wool and weaving cloth. She holds a weaving pattern in her hand and points to women examining the cloth. Above the loom a spider's web, as a reference to Arachne who was turned into a spider by her. In the background ships transporting the raw materials. The depiction is set in an exuberantly decorated cartouche crowned by Mercury. Trade label for the weaving mill of Dirk Erkelens on the Herengracht in Amsterdam. Subject categories within the Atlas of Customs and Manners: Trade, Industry and Traffic, Commerce, Auctions, Brokerage and Insurance, Old Address Cards of Shops and Factories, Advertising.