Silk Dress Goods
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A 1872 survey article on silk dress goods, tracing the word "silk" and the history of silk culture from China through Rome, Byzantium, Greece, Italy and France to the American colonies. It covers colonial silk-raising, the 1830s Morus multicaulis mulberry speculation, congressional reports on silk culture, and the later growth of American silk manufacture, naming Cheney Brothers of Manchester, Connecticut. It closes with remarks on rising consumption, silkworm disease, alternative silk sources such as wild silkworms and spiders, and the future of the industry.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1872
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 6
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