Stroheim & Romann · New York : Stroheim & Romann · leaf 11
THE weaving as well as the cultivation of silk un- doubtedly originated in China centuries before the Christian era. The Chinese attribute the invention of the loom to their "Goddess of Silk," Si-ling-chi, the empress who patronized and popularized sericulture and who thus set the fashion in 2640…
Silk · Textile design
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