China: The Art of Making Silk (2) - Feeding and caring for silk worms while doing other chores such as sewing and playing with a baby. Detail from a Song Dynasty (960-1279) handscroll painting, 11th century. In China, silk worm farming was originally restricted to women, and many women were employed in the silk-making industry. Even though some saw this development of a luxury product as useless, silk provoked such a craze among high society that the laws were used to regulate and limit its use to the members of the imperial family.

China: The Art of Making Silk (2) - Feeding and caring for silk worms while doing other chores such as sewing and playing with a baby. Detail from a Song Dynasty (960-1279) handscroll painting, 11th century. In China, silk worm farming was originally restricted to women, and many women were employed in the silk-making industry. Even though some saw this development of a luxury product as useless, silk provoked such a craze among high society that the laws were used to regulate and limit its use to the members of the imperial family. Stock Photo

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5415 x 3150 px | 45.8 x 26.7 cm | 18.1 x 10.5 inches | 300dpi

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27 June 2011

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