• Silk scarf depicting an illustration by German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, Maria Sibylla Merian.  
  
  - 100% Silk
  - Dimensions: 16 inches x 55 inches 
  - Dry Clean Only
  - Item #: 50847MSS40
  
  In the 17th century, when insects were called beasts of the devil, and women were virtually excluded from the field of science, a young German woman named Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) dedicated her life to the study and depiction of the metamorphosis of insects.