The silk industry

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    • Bush, Sarah (Sarah Jane)

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The silk industry

Sarah Bush

(Shire library classics)

Shire Publications, 2009

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Reprint of 2nd ed., 2000 (Shire album ; 194)

Includes bibliographical references

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Description

Silk was first developed in ancient China as early as 2600 BC, and over the centuries that followed it gradually spread first to South East Asia and then to the Middle East, North Africa and Europe along the silk route, becoming established in England in the fourteenth century. The early centres of the English silk industry, Spitalfields, Norwich and Canterbury, benefited from the arrival of the Dutch or Huguenot silk workers, and in 1718 the first factory system for producing silk was begun in Derby. This book traces the legendary silk route from China to the UK and explores the developments in silk production once it reached Europe, the changes to the loom, the popularity of silk clothing, and the industry's struggle with the removal of tariff protection. After reaching its peak in 1850, the industry began to decline with the introduction of Cobden's Free Trade Treaty of 1860, and was further diminished by the advent of artificial silk. Sarah Bush guides us through the ups and downs of the silk industry and provides a perfect introduction to the history of this ancient process.

Table of Contents

The silk industry /The British silk industry /Sericulture /Silk throwing /Silk waste spinning /Silk weaving /Glossary /Further reading /Places to Visit

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  • NCID
    BB01614530
  • ISBN
    • 9780747804406
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Botley, Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    32 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
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