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Silk Series 40 images Created 12 Apr 2010

From farming silkworms and mulberry leaves, to weaving carpets and manufacturing comforters, this gallery documents sericulture and the many uses of silk as a textile.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Slikworms and Mulberry leaves.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Slikworms and Mulberry leaves.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Farmed silkworm cocoons.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. A factory room in Suzhou demonstrates the process fo sericulture.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. A factory room in Suzhou demonstrates the process of sericulture.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. A factory room in Suzhou demonstrates the process of sericulture.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Sericulture process of silk cocoon threading.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Pulling threads from slikworm cocoons for processing.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. A factory room in Suzhou demonstrates the process fo sericulture.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. A factory room in Suzhou demonstrates the process fo sericulture.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. A factory room in Suzhou demonstrates the process of sericulture.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. A factory room in Suzhou demonstrates the process of sericulture.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. A factory room in Suzhou demonstrates the process fo sericulture.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. A factory room in Suzhou demonstrates the process fo sericulture.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. A factory room in Suzhou demonstrates the process fo sericulture.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Bolts of silk thread for manufacturing fabrics.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Silk stretching for process of filling silk comforters.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Hanging selection fo silk threads used in Chinese embroidery.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Hanging silk threads for embroidery.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Chinese silk threads.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Brown shades of silk threads.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Colorful silk threads for embroidery.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Colorful silk strands of thread for embroidery.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Silk threads.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Hanging selection fo silk threads used in Chinese embroidery.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Hanging silk threads to be used for embroidery.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Spools of silk threads for Chinese embroidery art.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Spools of silk threads for Chinese embroidery art.
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  • Asia, China, Beijing. Silk Capet Dyes
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  • Asia, China, Beijing. Balls of silk threads for carpet weaving.
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  • Asia, China, Beijing. Silk Carpet Weaver and loom
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  • Asia, China, Beijing. Chinese silk carpet weaver.
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  • Asia, China, Beijing.  Silk Carpet Showroom in Beijing.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Chinese silk embroiderer.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Chinese silk embroiderer.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Chinese silk embroiderer.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Chinese silk embroider clipping thread.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Silk embroidery detail of a butterfly.
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  • Asia, China, Suzhou. Silk embroidery project and needle.
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  • Asia, China, Hong Kong. The world's largest Chinese silk painting, "The Great Motherland of China", spanning 16 stories at the Island Shangri-La Hotel..
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