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Before the Industrial Revolution, the creation of a patterned silk textile required a skilled weaver and a considerable investment in equipment and raw materials.
- Textile Production in Europe
Imported cottons rapidly gained popularity throughout Europe...
- Lace, 1600–1800
There are essentially two methods of making lace: both...
- Silks From Ottoman Turkey
Silk Textiles in Context Most Ottoman silks produced for use...
- Venice and the Islamic World
Venetian Traders in the Islamic World Marco Polo’s...
- Embroidery, 1600–1800
The term embroidery generally refers to any textile...
- Renaissance Velvet Textiles
Milan’s silk-weaving statutes even stated specifically that...
- Length
Anna Maria Garthwaite began designing silks in the...
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- Textile Production in Europe
10 lis 2009 · Sericulturist Michael Cook describes the process of making silk using traditional techniques. This video was produced by the American Museum of Natural Histo...
7 maj 2020 · There were four steps of the development of silk technology on the Silk Road. All of the information is based on archaeological and scientific research rather than derived from historical or linguistic sources.
Silk is a naturally produced fibre obtained from many species of the silk moth. In 1700 the favoured silk was produced by a moth (Bombyx mori), that used it to spin a closed cocoon to protect her larvae. These fed on the mulberry leaf which was grown in Italy.
Silk began to be used for decorative means and also in less luxurious ways; musical instruments, fishing, and bow-making all utilized silk. Peasants, however, did not have the right to wear silk until the Qing dynasty (1644–1911).
In the 1830s the fully-powered spinning of silk thread was perfected, and this made possible a major increase in productivity; and at the same time new technologies allowed the gradual mechanisation of silk weaving.
12 gru 2009 · In 1822 a Lyonnais who was worried about how his own silk industry would cope with the threat of the British industrial revolution composed an imaginary debate on its future.
