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Article: Secrets of the cloth of kings; Textile Museum silk exhibition reveals how fabric is created, shows centuries of exquisite work.(ARTS)(ON VIEW)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 24, 2002
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Byline: Joanna Shaw-Eagle, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Silk has been called the cloth of kings, yet it is born from a lowly worm. The "Secrets of Silk" exhibition at the Textile Museum shows how the tiny Bombyx mori silkworms make cocoons for their change from caterpillars to moths, then produce two fine threads of silk from glands on either side of their heads. Astonishingly enough, the threads can be more than a mile long.
The exhibit also displays 24 fine silk pieces from as early as the 16th century to modern times. It presents work as different as an intricately embroidered, 19th-century Japanese "Furisode" (kimono) and 17th-century Indian carpet ...
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