The silk industry in America. A history: prepared for the Centennial Exposition (1876)
Brockett, L. P. (Linus Pierpont), 1820-1893 · [New York Silk Association of America] · leaf 20
THE SILK INDUSTRY IN AMERICA. 15 … II. Early Production of Silk in Asia, Europeand Africa, F we can place any dependence upon Chineserecords, silk, in point of time, stands about mid-way among textile fabrics: wool and flax, orlinen, having preceded it; while cotton, hemp,and other fibrous plants, and paper, followedit somewhat…
Silk manufacture and trade
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