Old Chinese Story of the Origin of Silk
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A reprint from Asia magazine in Posselt's Textile Journal (March 1922) presenting illustrated commentaries, written by order of Emperor Chien Lung, on the traditional Chinese production of silk. The captioned scenes cover bathing the silkworm eggs, the great awakening, reeling the cocoons, warping, dyeing, and weaving in the pattern. An editorial introduction recounts how silk culture spread from China to Byzantium and Europe and comments on synthetic silk. The scan also includes the start of an unrelated article on modifying influences in textile testing.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- March 1922
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
- Archive notes
- Scanned images provided by John Cropper.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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