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RMPG874C–Silkworm production farm with a woman showing a close up of a silk worm cocoon and silkworms in the background Thailand Southeast Asia
RMA3N628–France, Loir et Cher, Bourré, La Magnanerie. A troglodytic site run as a museum where silk worms are bred.
RMBF7ME1–Silkworm cocoons in a traditional circular bamboo frame in the production of silk on an Indian farm. Andhra Pradesh, India
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RM2B01B4M–China: The Art of Making Silk (1) - Picking and sorting mulberry leaves. 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. For approximately a millennium, the right to wear silk was reserved for the emperor and the highest dignitaries.
RMT96K7K–Textiles: silk manufacture in China, gathering the empty silk cocoons. The Chinese method of taking the silk worm bags from the whisk. The production of silk originates in China in prehistoric times. Silk remained confined to China until the Silk Road opened at some point during the later half of the first millennium BC. China maintained its virtual monopoly over silk production for another thousand years. Sericulture, or silk farming, is the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk.
RMHHG9HC–Silk worm cultivation and threading of silk, from the 1775 edition of 'Oeconomie générale de la campagne, ou Nouvelle maison rustique', Paris, 1700. By Louis Liger (1658–1717), French agronomist and prolific writer on flora and fauna. This was a guide to horticulture for country dwellers
RM2BW2HP6–At Lady Hart Dyke's silk worm farm at Lullingstone Castle, Eynsford , Kent. The worms being sorted. 1934
RMDDFG6M–THE BRAZILIAN SILK WORM EXHIBIT, PHILADELPHIA EXHIBITION, 1.—(a) The Moth laying Eggs ; (b) Silk-worm one day old
RMAM1A57–Silk worm workers working with the cocoons and fine threads in the silk making process in China.
RMBF7NCG–Silkworm cocoons in a traditional circular bamboo frame in the production of silk on an Indian farm. Andhra Pradesh, India
RMA7KFYB–Silkworm cocoons in straw where laid by silkworms before harvesting and silk is extracted for textile manufacture China
RM2ADYG0X–The Adult male and female Pine Silk Worm Moth (Bombyx Dispar) and its caterpillar and chryslis. Lymantria dispar , called the mismatched Bombyx in its imago form or the gypsy moth in its caterpillar form, is a species of lepidopteran insects (butterflies) of the family Lymantriidae (or Erebidae according to the classifications). This insect is considered a pest of deciduous forests, including oak forests, in the northern hemisphere. The damage is due to caterpillars that feed on the leaves of many tree species. It is an invasive species in North America
RM2B01B4W–China: The Art of Making Silk (3) - Folding and storing bales of silk. 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. For approximately a millennium, the right to wear silk was reserved for the emperor and the highest dignitaries
RMT96MFK–Textiles: silk manufacture in China, gathering the empty silk cocoons. The Chinese method of taking the silk worm bags from the whisk. The production of silk originates in China in prehistoric times. Silk remained confined to China until the Silk Road opened at some point during the later half of the first millennium BC. China maintained its virtual monopoly over silk production for another thousand years. Sericulture, or silk farming, is the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk.
RMERGKHC–Women maturing Silk worm cocoons. Throughout the Meiji era (1868-1912) the Japanese silk industry overtook Chinese and European
RM2BW2KHW–At Lady Hart Dyke's silk worm farm at Lullingstone Castle, Eynsford, Kent. The worms being fed. 1934
RMBCN6HX–Workers harvesting silk from silk worm cacoons using machinary in a local factory, Shanghai, China
![Bombex, Borax, Silk worm, toads (stone), Fig. 12, Fol. IXr, Apiarius, Mathias (imp.), 1536, [Hortus sanitatis oder Garth der Gesundtheyt: von den vier Geschlechten als Thier, Vögel, Vischen und edlem Gesteyn]. [Gedruckt und volendet zu Strassburg]: [durch Mathiam Apiarium], [1536 Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2A2RNTT/bombex-borax-silk-worm-toads-stone-fig-12-fol-ixr-apiarius-mathias-imp-1536-hortus-sanitatis-oder-garth-der-gesundtheyt-von-den-vier-geschlechten-als-thier-vgel-vischen-und-edlem-gesteyn-gedruckt-und-volendet-zu-strassburg-durch-mathiam-apiarium-1536-2A2RNTT.jpg "Bombex, Borax, Silk worm, toads (stone), Fig. 12, Fol. IXr, Apiarius, Mathias (imp.), 1536, [Hortus sanitatis oder Garth der Gesundtheyt: von den vier Geschlechten als Thier, Vögel, Vischen und edlem Gesteyn]. [Gedruckt und volendet zu Strassburg]: [durch Mathiam Apiarium], [1536 Stock Photo")
RM2A2RNTT–Bombex, Borax, Silk worm, toads (stone), Fig. 12, Fol. IXr, Apiarius, Mathias (imp.), 1536, [Hortus sanitatis oder Garth der Gesundtheyt: von den vier Geschlechten als Thier, Vögel, Vischen und edlem Gesteyn]. [Gedruckt und volendet zu Strassburg]: [durch Mathiam Apiarium], [1536
RMBF7M4C–Silkworm cocoons in a traditional circular bamboo frame in the production of silk on an Indian farm. Andhra Pradesh, India
RFD35HXM–Older silk worm eats its way through shreaded mulberry leaves at a silk farm outside Kompong Thom, Cambodia.
RM2B01B4T–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.
RMERGKJ7–Japanese workers selecting silk worm cocoons, late Meiji era (1868-1912). In the Meiji period Japan became the largest exporter
RMG2NJWA–Miniature of worms being collected from the Mulberry bushes and the silk threads unwound from the cocoons are prepared for weaving. Dated 14th Century
RMRYDTH2–The Brazilian Silk Worm Exhibit, Philadelphia Exhibition, 1.—(a) the Moth Laying Eggs , (B) Silk-Worm One Day Old , (C) Silk-Worm Three Days Old , (D) Silk-Worm Seven Days Old. 2 —Silk-Worm Spinning a Cocoon. 3.—Cocoons. 4.—Chrysalis. 5.—Moths Emerging, Engraving 1876, US, USA, America, United States
RMACDMDK–A student with a silk worm.Science is trying to understand how they make such strong thread
RFAWGXNG–Asia Far East Vietnam Hoi An traditional Vietnamese silk garment factory , silk worm pupae ready to be prepared for spinning
RFD35HXJ–Older silk worm eats its way through shreaded mulberry leaves at a silk farm outside Kompong Thom, Cambodia.
RM2M3K1B0–A fashionable young woman getting ready, with the help of her maid, for a formal evening event as her more mature escort waits patiently on a sofa. This image was originally entitled 'The Silk Worm'.
RM2B00ME3–China: Image of Chinese princess bringing silk worm eggs to Khotan concealed in her hair. Painting on wood from Dandan Oilik, Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang. Dandan Oilik is a deserted historical town and desert oasis in the Taklamakan Desert of China. Dandan Oilik was an important (though small) centre of local Buddhism and trade on the Silk Road. Its name means 'Houses of Ivory' and has been the site of a small number of significant archaeological finds. Having been abandoned many hundreds of years ago, the oasis was found and lost to shifting desert sands several times.
RM2T91E0P–Silk Worm, 3rd century BCE- 3rd century CE, 7/16 x 2 7/8 x 5/8 in. (1.11 x 7.3 x 1.59 cm), Gilt bronze, China, 3rd century BCE- 3rd century CE
RMA47H5M–Introducing cooperative farmers to silk worm farming, an alternative livelihood project on gold mine, Ghana, West Africa
RFD35HXT–Older silk worm eats its way through shreaded mulberry leaves at a silk farm outside Kompong Thom, Cambodia.
RMER98KM–The silk worm. Illustration shows a beautiful young woman reclining on cushions and holding on the tips of her fingers a diminutive man, well-dressed and holding a large moneybag from which many silk strings extend to and form the bottom of her dress. It
RM2B01B4X–China: The Art of Making Silk (2) - Spinning and weaving silk. 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. For approximately a millennium, the right to wear silk was reserved for the emperor and the highest dignitaries.
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