A Gallant Silken Trade
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Alice Morse Earle's magazine article traces attempts to establish silk culture in the American colonies and early United States, from the Virginia efforts under James I and Charles II through Carolina, Georgia, the Middle States and New England. It describes the sericulture methods and advice of the period, including a first-hand account of making sewing silk in Mansfield, Connecticut. It also covers the role of women and children as workers, the Morus multicaulis mulberry speculation of the 1830s, and why American silk raising failed to compete with Chinese and Italian producers.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1900
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
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