mulberry silk
Luxury worm thread
Mulberry silk is silk produced by silkworms fed exclusively on mulberry leaves.
This diet produces the finest, most lustrous silk fibers, making it the highest quality and most common type of silk used in textiles: The sheets were 100% mulberry silk.
The term often appears in marketing to distinguish premium silk products from lower grades.
- lusterSoft reflected light
- cocoonSilk wrapping for transformation
- ancient ChinaEast Asian historical civilization
- Chinese traditionCultural practices from China
- natural fiberMaterial from living sources
filament · silkworm · charmeuse · luxury fabric · smooth texture · textiles · metamorphosis · scarves · bridal gown · weave · Suzhou · tensile strength · moth · reeling · degumming · bedding · pupae · larva
- natural fiberscotton, cotton lint, linen, hemp, wool
- animal materialsfur, leather, hide, pelt, wool
- Chinese Textilesbrocade, damask, shantung, pongee, ramie
- insect productsbeeswax, honey, propolis, royal jelly, shellac
- luxury fabricsvelvet, satin, cashmere, brocade, chiffon
- luxury fiberscashmere, pashmina, mohair, alpaca, merino
material origin
mulberry silkpolyester
Synthetic petroleum-based fabric
nylon · rayon · acrylic · man-made fiber · synthetic silk