Bushell, Stephen W. (Stephen Wootton), 1844-1908, Victoria and Albert Museum · London : Printed for H.M. Stationery Off. by Wyman · leaf 320
th her own hands to encouragesericulture. Silk was first brought to Europe overland, and the earliest nameby which China became known to the west was derived from it.Silk in Chinese is ssfi, in Corean sir ; to the ancient Greeks it becameknown as (jl\p, the nation whence it came was to them, Sr/pt?…
Art, Chinese · Decorative arts
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