An historical sketch of nishiki and kinran brocades; with a catalog on one hundred and twenty rare specimens dating from 1400 to 1812 A. D. (1914)
Nomura, Shojiro, Sargent, Porter, Copley Society (Boston, Mass.) · Boston [N. Sawyer & son, inc., printers] · leaf 13
The Method of Silk Weaving — Continued … 987 7. The moths depositing eggs upon paper. 8. The moths flying away after the eggs have been deposited. 9. Boiling the cocoons in hot water preparatory to unwinding and catching the threads of several of the cocoons to twist into a thread of silk. 12 11 10 10. Drying the coarse outer winding of…
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