“Silk: A World History” describes the unique qualities of silk that make it a sustainable material with a wide variety of applications. The following is an excerpt from Silk: A World History by ...

Mayfairsilk has released a guide on the history of silk, highlighting its value, production processes, and its resurgence as ...

What is the future of silk, this material that humans have coveted for many thousands of years? What is its past? It’s a fiber made by spiders, some moths, and even certain mollusks. Archeological ...

Silk is not typically associated with Africa, but the luxurious cloth has been produced there for centuries. Moth to Cloth: Silk in Africa, an exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) now on view ...

Silk is a fiber composed of proteins, a secretion unique to certain creatures of the forests, fields and one sea. It gleams of the Earth’s magical abundance. In Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s ...

Program in West Pittston looks back at era when more than 25 area mills employed thousands of women. Bob and Nancy Eble of Harding look over an album of photos of old silk mills in West Pittston. Fred ...

I just finished Aarathi Prasad's new book, Silk. The author, a molecular geneticist, and bioarcheologist raised in the Caribbean, wore silk saris all her youth. Her book explains silk's origins, ...

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52 E. Fifth St. in the borough of Jim Thorpe- formerly East Mauch Chunk- is probably not the sort of place that most visitors come there to see. Former silk mill in Jim Thorpe There are no mid-19th ...