History of silk - Knowledge

751: 66: 763: 1434: 2155: 787: 775: 942: 378: 799: 1199: 625: 934: 361: 215: 2167: 2139: 1764: 2190: 1472:. The city was famous for its fine fabrication of silks, velvets, damasks, and brocades. While the cultivation of mulberry was moving first steps in Northern Italy, silk made in Calabria reached a peak of 50% of the whole Italian/European production. As the cultivation of mulberry was difficult in Northern and Continental Europe, merchants and operators used to purchase raw materials in Calabria in order to finish the products, before reselling them for a higher price. 489: 1639:(1000–1250 AD) saw continued use of established techniques for silk manufacture without change in either materials or tools used. Small changes began to appear between the 10th and 12th centuries, followed by larger and more radical innovations in the 13th century, resulting in the invention of new fabrics; other, more mundane fabrics made of hemp and cotton also developed. Silk remained a rare and expensive material, but improved technology saw Byzantine 1172: 498: 35: 4744: 1624: 815: 4483: 1931: 2000:, in that they gave a (limited) form of programmability. Punched cards themselves were carried over to computers and were ubiquitous until their obsolescence in the 1970s. From 1801, embroidery-style designs became highly mechanized, due to the effectiveness of the Jacquard loom in imitating embroidered fabrics. The mechanism behind the Jacquard looms even allowed complex designs to be 1226:, sericulture reached Japan for the first time around 300 AD, following a number of international students, having been sent from Japan to China, recruiting four young Chinese girls to teach the art of plain and figured weaving in Japan. Techniques of sericulture were subsequently introduced to Japan on a larger scale by frequent diplomatic exchanges between the 8th and 9th centuries. 1824: 420:; one day, in about 3000 BC, a silk worm's cocoon fell into her teacup . Wishing to extract it from her drink, the 14-year-old girl began to unroll the thread of the cocoon. Seeing the long fibers that constituted the cocoon, the Empress gathered other cocoons and wove it into cloth. Having observed the life of the silkworm on the recommendation of her husband, the 1326: 643:, silk became progressively more valuable in its own right, and was used in a greater capacity than as simply a material; lengths of silk cloth were used to pay government officials and to compensate citizens who were particularly worthy. In the same manner that one would sometimes estimate the price of products according to a certain weight of 823: 2085:

and characterized by brown dots. Pasteur published his findings and recommendations for silk farmers. Soon, he received feedback from farmers who had followed his recommendations. Most had reared healthy crops, other farmers had not. With more investigation, he discovered the worms were infected with

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In the late Middle Ages, transcontinental trade over the land routes of the Silk Road declined as sea trade increased. Centuries went by, civilizations, and dynasties were formed, prospered, or perished, but the route that linked the continents of Europe and Asia survived and expanded, becoming known

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market policy, became the world's foremost exporter of raw silk, a position it held until the 1970s. The continued rise in the importance of synthetic fibers and loosening of the protectionist economy contributed to the decline of Japan's silk industry, and by 1975 it was no longer a net exporter of

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For approximately a millennium, the right to wear silk was reserved for the emperor and the highest dignitaries. Silk was, at the time, a sign of great wealth, due to its shimmering appearance, created by the silk fiber's prismatic structure, which refracted light from every angle. After some time,

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Though highly regarded for its quality, Italian silk cloth was very expensive, both due to the costs of the raw materials and the production process. The craftsmen in Italy proved unable to keep up with the needs of French fashions, which continuously demanded lighter and less expensive materials.

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by allowing the city to establish a consulate of the silk craft, charged with regulating and check in the various stages of a production that flourished throughout the 16th century. At the moment of the creation of its guild, the city declared that it had over 500 looms. By 1660, when the town had

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on silk production to the city of Lyon. Starting in the 16th century, Lyon became the capital of the European silk trade, notably producing many reputable fashions. Gaining confidence, the silks produced in the city began to abandon their original Oriental styles in favor of their own distinctive

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decided to develop a national silk industry in Lyon, and employed a large number of Italian workers, mainly from Calabria. The fame of the master weavers of Catanzaro spread throughout France, and they were invited to Lyon in order to teach the techniques of weaving. The drawloom that appeared in

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China traded silk, teas, and porcelain, while India traded spices, ivory, textiles, precious stones, and pepper, and the Roman Empire exported gold, silver, fine glassware, wine, carpets, and jewels. Although the term "the Silk Road" implies a continuous journey, very few who traveled the route

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I can see clothes of silk, if materials that do not hide the body, nor even one's decency, can be called clothes. ... Wretched flocks of maids labor so that the adulteress may be visible through her thin dress, so that her husband has no more acquaintance than any outsider or foreigner with his

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The earliest evidence of silk dates back to more than 8,500 years ago and has been found at the early Neolithic Age tombs of Jiahu, China. Biomolecular evidence, reported from a study, showed the existence of prehistoric silk fibroin in the tombs. Rough weaving tools and bone needles were also

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The decline in the European silk industry has roots in epidemics among silkworm populations. In 1849, France's silk crop failed due to a unknown disease affecting the silkworms. The disease remained pervasive, and soon spread to Italy, Spain, Syria, Turkey, and China. In 1807, bacteriologist

186:, cotton became much cheaper to manufacture, leading to cotton production becoming the main focus for many manufacturers, and causing the more costly production of silk to shrink. New weaving technologies, however, increased the efficiency of producing silk cloth; among these was the 2210:. Italy managed to rebound from the crisis, but France was unable. Urbanization in Europe saw many French and Italian agricultural workers leave silk growing for more lucrative factory work. Raw silk was imported from Japan to fill the void. Asian countries, formerly exporters of 2086:

something other than pébrine. The other condition, flacherie, was caused by a viral infection. Pasteur recommended the removal of infected worms from the population. These recommendations allowed silkworm producers to restore their strocks and revive silk production.

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In China, silkworm farming was originally restricted to women, and many women were employed in the silk-making industry. Even though some saw the development of a luxury product as useless, silk provoked such a craze among the high society that the rules in the

1444:, in the region of Calabria, was the first center to introduce silk production to Italy between the 9th and the 11th century. During the following centuries, the silk of Catanzaro supplied almost all of Europe and was sold in a large market fair in the port of 1394:. The silk produced by the Byzantines was well known for its high quality, owing to the meticulous attention paid to the execution of its weaving and decoration, with weaving techniques taken from Egypt used to produce the fabric. The first diagrams of semple 2238:

out of a world production of 81,000, followed by India at 13,000 tonnes. Japanese production is now marginal, at only 2,500 tonnes. Between 1995 and 1997, Chinese silk production went down 40% in an effort to raise prices, reminiscent of earlier shortages.

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traversed it from end to end; for the most part, goods were transported by a series of agents on varying routes, and were traded in the bustling markets of the oasis towns. The main traders during Antiquity were the Indian and Bactrian traders, followed by

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were used in products such as parachutes and stockings, replacing silk. Even after the war, silk was not able to regain many of the markets lost, though it remained an expensive luxury product. Postwar Japan, through improvements in technology and a

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The military payrolls tell us that soldiers were paid in bundles of plain silk textiles, which circulated as currency in Han times. Soldiers may well have traded their silk with the nomads who came to the gates of the Great Wall to sell horses and

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From the start of the 14th century, many documents allude to the use of complex weaving machinery. Depictions of fabric production techniques from this time period can be found in several places; the earliest surviving depiction of a European

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of late-18th century England, advances in silk production also possibly accompanied more general advances in the technology of modern society as a whole. At the beginning of the 13th century, a primitive form of milling silk yarns was in use;

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Though silk was exported to foreign countries in great amounts, sericulture remained a secret that the Chinese carefully guarded; consequently, other cultures developed their own accounts and legends as to the source of the fabric. In

891:(compiled around 1210) is rich with pictures and descriptions, many pertaining to silk. It repeatedly claims the Chinese looms to be far superior to all others, and speaks of two types of loom that leave the worker's arms free: the 866:. Chinese sources claim the existence in 1090 of a machine to unwind silkworm cocoons; the cocoons were placed in a large basin of hot water, the silk would leave the cauldron by tiny guiding rings, and would be wound onto a large 1071:

tried in vain to prohibit the wearing of silk, for economic reasons as well as moral ones. The import of Chinese silk resulted in vast amounts of gold leaving Rome, to such an extent that silk clothing was perceived as a sign of

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show that it was known in Western Asia in biblical times. Scholars believe that starting in the 2nd century BC, the Chinese established a commercial network aimed at exporting silk to the West. Silk was used, for example, by the

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excavated, indicating the possibility that the Jiahu residents may also have possessed basic weaving and sewing skills required for making textiles. Other evidence of silk include items found at sites of the Yangshao culture in

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have become increasingly popular, being associated with skin and hair benefits. These claims are not supported with much scientific research and are anecdotal, mostly because not many studies have been conducted on this topic.

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of Calabria had cultivated 24,000 mulberry trees for their foliage, with growth still ongoing. The interactions among Byzantine and Muslim silk-weaving centers of all levels of quality, with imitations made in Andalusia and

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Fabio Bertini, "Il Settecento capitalista. Setaioli commercianti banchieri e nobili fra la Firenze delle accomandite e l'Europa", Cagliari-Milano-Roma, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto dell'Europa mediterranea,

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These materials, used for clothing, began to be produced locally instead; however, Italian silk remained for a long time amongst the most prized, mostly for furnishings and the brilliant nature of the dyestuffs used.

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Golden lotus having a quilted backgammon pattern, double-folded, adorned with savage geese pecking at a landscape of flowers and roses; the dress' right figure had a floral border with buttons in the form of bees or

2166: 727:, and others for religious use. The women of high Chinese society also followed these codified practices, and used silk in their garments alongside the addition of countless decorative motifs. A 17th-century work, 715:, wallets, belts, or even as an embroidered piece of fabric displaying dozens of animals, real or mythical. These fashion accessories remained associated with a particular position: there was specific headgear for 2205:

in Japan made it the world's foremost silk producer. By the early 20th century, rapidly industrializing Japan was producing as much as 60 percent of the world's raw silk, most exports shipping through the port of

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Numerous archaeological discoveries show that silk had become a luxury material appreciated in foreign countries well before the opening of the Silk Road by the Chinese. For example, silk has been found in the

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In the 20th century, Japan and China regained their earlier dominant role in silk production, and China is now once again the world's largest producer of silk. The rise of new imitation silk fabrics, such as

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For more than a millennium, silk remained the principal diplomatic gift of the emperor of China to neighbouring countries or vassal states. The use of silk became so important that the character for silk

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in 1204 brought decline to the city and its silk industry, and many artisans left the city in the early 13th century. Italy developed a large domestic silk industry after 2,000 skilled weavers came from

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in 1831 foreshadowed many of the larger worker uprisings of the Industrial Revolution. The canuts occupied the city of Lyon, refusing to relinquish it until a bloody repression by the army, led by

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from the Western Han period (206 BC–9 AD), and a surviving calendar for silk production in an Eastern Han (25–220 AD) document. The two other known works on silk from the Han period are lost.

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The silk industry, however, did not gain any benefit from innovations in spinning, as silk did not require spinning in order to be woven. Furthermore, the production of silver, and gold silk

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silk gradually extended to other classes of Chinese society, though this was mainly the uppermost noble classes. Silk began to be used for decorative means and also in less luxurious ways;

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Muscardine was not the only disease to affect the European silk industry at this time. In France, disease among silkworms continued to devastate silk production in the country. In 1865,

1961:. In its early years, there were often disparities in technological innovation between different stages of fabric manufacture, which encouraged complementary innovations. For example, 1820:, devoted themselves to the flourishing industry. In the middle of the 17th century, over 14,000 looms were used in Lyon, and the silk industry fed a third of the city's population. 570:. Beginning in the 3rd century BC, paper was made in all sizes with various materials. Silk was no exception, and silk workers had been making paper since the 2nd century BC. Silk, 3993:

Toshiharu Furusawa, "The history of Sericulture in Japan – The old and innovative technique for Industry-", Center for Bioresource Field Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology (

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The earliest extant example of a woven silk fabric is from 3630 BC, used as wrapping for the body of a child. The fabric comes from a Yangshao site in Qingtaicun at Rongyang,

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alone, and silk was used for a number of applications, such as writing. Within clothing, the color of silk worn also held social importance, and formed an important guide of

1996:, which allowed a string of punched cards to be processed mechanically in the correct sequence. The punched cards of the Jacquard loom were a direct precursor to the modern 1755:. He introduced a new kind of machine, which had the ability to work the yarns faster and more precisely. Further improvements to the loom were made throughout the century. 4526: 1976:. In the 17th and 18th centuries, progress began to be made in the simplification and standardization of silk manufacture, with many advances following one after another. 1747:

In the second half of the 15th century, drawloom technology was first brought to France by an Italian weaver from Calabria, known as Jean le Calabrais, who was invited to

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to study what was causing the epidemic. Pasteur investigated the cause between 1865 and 1870, leading to his discovery of two separate diseases infecting the silkworms:

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increase the momentum of their silk production, and were soon exporting silk to all of Europe, with 84 workshops and at least 7,000 craftsmen in Florence in 1472 alone.

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on silk production for several centuries, defended by an imperial decree and condemning to death anyone attempting to export silkworms or their eggs. According to the

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were all used, and paper made with silk became the first type of luxury paper. Researchers have found an early example of writing done on silk paper in the tomb of a

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in around 1535 that a royal charter was granted to two merchants, Étienne Turquet and Barthélemy Naris, to develop a silk trade in Lyon. In 1540, the king granted a

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people regularly pillaged the provinces of the Han Chinese for around 250 years. Silk was a common offering by the emperor to these tribes in exchange for peace.

1139:. Though silk was certainly the major trade item from China, many other goods were traded, and various technologies, religions and philosophies, as well as the 4589: 2132:, intended as an artificial silk, and in 1891 opened a factory dedicated to the production of viscose, which cost much less and in part replaced natural silk. 1736:, trends began to shift towards less expensive production techniques. Many techniques that earlier in the century would have been completely forbidden by the 1558:, Jewish, and Greek settlement, alongside many other immigrants from neighboring cities in southern Italy. With the loss of many Italian trading posts in the 993:, their name for the far-off kingdom of China. According to certain historians, the first Roman contact with silk was that of the legions of the governor of 323:, which are dated to 2450–2000 BC. The analysis of the silk fibres shows presence of reeling and sericulture, and predates another example of silk found in 1361: 163:

states, which saw an economic boom exporting silk to the rest of Europe. Developments in the manufacturing technique also started to take place during the

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joined Italy in developing a successful silk trade, although the efforts of most other nations to develop a silk industry of their own were unsuccessful.

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eggs and were able to begin silkworm cultivation while the Arabs also started to manufacture silk at around the same time. As a result of the spread of

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were produced in many countries, the Chinese are considered to have been the first to produce silk fabric on a large scale, having the most efficient

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merchants. Catanzaro became the lace capital of Europe, with a large silkworm breeding facility that produced all the laces and linens used in the

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was marked by a massive boom in the textile industry in general, with remarkable technological innovations made, led by the cotton industry of

1522:, two important centers of Byzantine silk production. They took the crops and silk production infrastructure, and deported all the workers to 65: 1903:, saw many high-quality silk workshops spring up, their products distinct from continental silk largely by the colors used. Nonetheless, the 798: 424:, she began to instruct her entourage in the art of raising silkworms - sericulture. From this point, the girl became the goddess of silk in 655:. Many neighbouring countries began to grow envious of the wealth that sericulture provided China, and beginning in the 2nd century BC, the 104:(4th millennium BC). Though it would later reach other places in the world, the art of silk production remained confined to China until the 4536: 896: 2234:

With its recent economic reforms, the People's Republic of China has become the world's largest silk producer. In 1996 it produced 58,000

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Rahul, Kamidi; Manjunatha, Gyarehalli Rangappa; Sivaprasad, Vankadara (2021-01-01), Gurtler, Volker; Subrahmanyam, Gangavarapu (eds.),

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that profited the most from its now-extinct mulberry plantations. However, silk centers still operate today. Working at home under the

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While the Chinese lost their monopoly on silk production, they were able to re-establish themselves as major silk suppliers during the

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of several silkworm diseases at this time caused production to fall, especially in France, where the industry never fully recovered.

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and those of the Arabs in Sicily and Spain (8th to 10th centuries) able to supply the luxury material in much greater abundance.

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Nevertheless, the increase in the price of silkworm cocoons and the reduction in the importance of silk in the garments of the

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about 16,000 inhabitants, its silk industry kept 1,000 looms, and at least 5,000 people, in employment. The silk textiles of

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As a material for clothing and accessories, the use of silk was regulated by a very precise code in China. For example, the

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silk, but closer examination of the fibres revealed the material not to be Chinese in origin, and was instead woven from a

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in 30 BC, regular commerce began between the Romans and Asia, marked by the Roman appetite for silk cloth coming from the

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An illustration of spinning, winding, doubling, and throwing machines used in silk textile production in England, 1858.

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in 1869 and the silk shortage in France reduced the price of importing Asian silk, particularly from China and Japan.

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had a legal monopoly on the fabric, but the empire continued to import silk from other major urban centers on the

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and the coasts of the Mediterranean, about one year's travel from Xi'an. In the south, a second route went by

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Knowledge of silk production eventually left China via the heir of a princess who was promised to a prince of

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Hill (2009), "Appendix A: Introduction of Silk Cultivation to Khotan in the 1st Century AD.", pp. 466-467.

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that, "They weave webs, like spiders, that become a luxurious clothing material for women, called silk."

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The 13th century saw an improvement in the already-changing technology of silk production; as with the

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Towards the end of the 14th century, no doubt on account of the devastation caused mid-century by the

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as the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a significant factor in the development of the civilizations of

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and other institutions created a very thin piece of modified silk that vibrates when electrical

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During the later epoch, the knowledge of silk production was spread outside of China, with the

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The cocoon of the domesticated silk moth; unlike wild silk moths, its cocoon is entirely white

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In the face of protests by the people of Lyon, Louis XI conceded to move silk production to

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in the 19th century caused the decline of the silk industry in Europe. The opening of the

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toward the west was opened by the Chinese in the 2nd century AD. The main road left from

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Silk and Religion: An Exploration of Material Life and the Thought of People AD 600-1200

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on each machine. In 1834, there were a total of 2,885 Jacquard looms in Lyon alone. The

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silk artisans also used fine Calabrian and Sicilian silk for the production of velvets.

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Although silk was well known in Europe and most of Asia, China was able to keep a near-

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In December 2006 the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed 2009 to be the

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Following the example of the wealthy Italian city-states of the era, such as Venice,

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Guillou, André; Delogu, Paolo (1983). "Il Mezzogiorno dai Bizantini a Federico II".

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all utilized silk. Peasants, however, did not have the right to wear silk until the

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was a very delicate and precise process, with each color needing its own dedicated

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Many myths and legends exist about origin of silk production. The writings of both

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in 1522. Only rarely did these new silk industries grow to any significant size.

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for low-quality production were now commonplace (such as using low-quality wool,

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Chinese Embassy, carrying silk and a string of silkworm cocoons, 7th century CE,

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carrying around 140 kilograms (310 lb) of merchandise. The route linked to

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improved on the designs of Falcon and Vaucanson, introducing the revolutionary

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with the Italian states, which caused France to lose 400,000 to 500,000 golden

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changed much of Europe's silk industry. Due to innovations in the spinning of

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for another thousand years. The use of silk within China was not confined to

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appreciated the high quality of the Chinese goods and made efforts to plant

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machines appearing both together in the stained glass at Chartres and in a

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Muthesius, Anna, "Silk in the Medieval World". In Jenkins (2003), p. 331.

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prevented England's domestic silk trade from becoming globally dominant.

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and Calabria, thereby causing the Norman silk industry to flourish. The

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stockings. Her yellow blouse was originally thought to be made of wild

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opened at 114 BC. Even after trade opened, China maintained a virtual

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Catherine Jolivet-Lévy and Jean-Pierre Sodini (2006), "Byzance", in

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began a 25-year investigation into what caused the silkworm disease

1744:, etc.). In the silk industry, the use of water-powered mills grew. 1483:, and to industrialize their production on a large scale during the 465:

notably accurately determined where silk came from; speaking of the

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along the Silk Road; however, following the beginning of the first

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were used to limit its use to the members of the imperial family.

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traders from the 5th to the 8th century AD, and then followed by

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Parts of this article (those related to modern usage) need to be

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obtained a similar function in the French market. In 1466, King

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desert, one of the most arid in the world, before crossing the

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style, which emphasized landscapes. Thousand of workers, the

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The sudden boom of the silk industry in the Italian state of

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Silk production in Northern Italy from 13th to 17th centuries

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those years in France was called loom by Jean Le Calabrais.

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Persia controlled the trade of silk destined for Europe and

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Catherine Jolivet-Lévy et Jean-Pierre Sodini, "Byzance",

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and silk fabric production. Allusions to the fabric in the

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and insulate noise effectively, even as a thin material.

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Gérard Chauvy, "La dure condition des forçats du luxe",

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experienced a boom in sericulture that would last until

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was well recorded, and beginning in the 2nd century BC,

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Chinese painting on silk, with playing children wearing

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China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou, China (中国丝绸博物馆)

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first appearing at this time. During the 16th century,

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The silkworms and mulberry leaves are placed on trays.

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used colour symbolism to denote the various ranks of

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Polychrome embroidery in silk, 17th century, Antwerp

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He had sent two 985:- the latter later than the former - spoke of the 810:Silk moths and production techniques used in China 2470: 1052:, and India before rejoining the northern route. 4759: 3684:Japanese Industrialization and the Asian Economy 1910:Many envisioned starting a silk industry in the 1895:the 1680s, when hundreds of thousands of French 4532:Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods 3334:Autour du Fil, l'encyclopédie des arts textiles 2246:, so as to raise the profile of silk and other 1855:, with much of the silk shipped north to Lyon. 1249:or precious stones. Up to the frontiers of the 1167:Global spread of sericulture (4th–16th century) 4008:The Shorter Science and Civilization in China. 2261:is applied. This means it is able to suppress 1758: 1618: 4323: 4094: 3321:A Brief History of Figured Textile Production 3298:and Lyon. 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(1997). 2586: 1984:loom appeared in 1775, later improved on by 1948: 1864: 1828: 1767:French production of fresh silkworm cocoons. 1673: 1024:, going either to the north or south of the 632:, by Su Hanchen (active 1130s–1160s), 3875:"La Soie, 4000 ans de luxe et de volupté", 3184: 2986: 2984: 2919: 2836:The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith 2046:Del mal del segno, calcinaccio o moscardino 1965:progressed much more rapidly than weaving. 1914:, starting in 1619 under the reign of King 1385: 1299: 1178:inspired two-sided silk cloth, with winged 889:Fundamentals of Agriculture and Sericulture 768:Twig frames for the silkworms are prepared. 222: 4330: 4316: 4101: 4087: 3943:et Madeleine Paul-David, "Tissus d'art", 3939:Anne Kraatz, Marie Risselin-Steenebrugen, 3343: 3122:Justinian and the International Silk Trade 3071:"Catanzaro | Italy | Britannica" 2628: 2294: 1686:. This machinery was further perfected in 357:of a different origin, potentially India. 3499: 3446:Peter N. 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