Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess, 1817-1888 · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 259
Aristotle and Pliny assert thatshe first invented the Coan webs, and that some of themwere of silk is undoubted. The question is, How came 1 Auberville, Ornement des Tissus, p. ii. 2 Yates (pp. 173, 174) believes that Cosshould always be readfor Cios, about which there seems to be some confusion.… … I. Classical Silk. Greek. (Sempers Der Stil, p. 192.) 2. Classical Silk.Roman. (Auberville, pi. 4.) Page 153. Materials. 153 it there ? whence and by what route ? and what countrywas its original home and birthplace ? After stating the pros and cons of the question, howand where did silk first make…
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