Chinese silk
Eastern luxury textile
Chinese silk is silk originating from China, where sericulture—the cultivation of silkworms for fiber—was developed thousands of years ago.
The term often implies high quality or traditional craftsmanship: The gown was made of Chinese silk.
China dominated silk production for millennia and remains the world's largest producer.
- satinGlossy-surfaced woven cloth
- brocadeRaised-pattern luxury fabric
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
- mulberryMorus tree fruit
- TangMedieval Chinese empire
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- Silksilkworms, cocoons, cocoon, reeling, pongee
- ancient textilestextile, weaving, loom, looms, spinning
- Silk Historymulberry, cocoons, trade routes
- Silk Roadcaravans, merchants, caravan, mulberry trees, looms
- textile fibersraw cotton, raw wool, fleece, flax, hemp
- ancient artifactsjade mask, Viking sword, bronze sculptures, antiquities, Roman coin
Chinese silkburlap
Coarse woven fiber
sackcloth · raw cotton · coarse wool · hemp cloth · canvas
Chinese silkScottish tweed
Woven wool from Britain's north
Egyptian cotton · Irish linen · Italian silk · Japanese silk · Indian silk
Chinese silksackcloth
Coarse fabric for penance
burlap · rags · homespun · coarse cloth · coarse fabric
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