Chinese Silk
Chinese Silk
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 NWT Rena Lange chinese styled jacket sz6 made in Slovenia Acetate silk blend  US $1,500.00
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 Dynasty Red Silk Beaded Chinese Jacket w Dragon Motif Year of the Dragon NWT US $495.00
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 TURQUOISE CHINESE SILK BROCADE CORSET DRAGON STEEL BONED HANDMADE EVENING HERESY US $221.38
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 HOT PINK CHINESE SILK BROCADE CORSET DRAGON STEEL BONED HANDMADE EVENING HERESY US $221.38
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 PEONY VTG 80S REVERSIBLE CHINESE SILK WOOL 3 4 VEST SZ SM NWT STUNNING US $199.95
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 JPETERMAN COMPANY EXQUISITECHINESE SILK DRESS AND PANTS NWTS SIZE 8 US $199.00
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 Chinese Dragon 2 Pc Hand painted Silk Jacket Set NWT OS US $189.99
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 Robe vintage Chinese made Jacquard Heavy SILK Bright Blue Multi BEAUTIFUL L US $149.45
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 CHINESE SILK PAJAMA SET SUE WONG 100 SILK US $149.00
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 Stunning Chinese Silk Jacket Embroidered Ivory Jacket size 3XL 14 16 US $138.00
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 NEW CITRON SANTA MONICA CHINESE ORNAMENT SILK BLOUSE 0X US $129.99
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 NEW CITRON SANTA MONICA CHINESE ORNAMENT SILK BLOUSE 1X US $129.99
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 NEW WEARABLE ART CITRON SANTA MONICA CHINESE CRANES FUKURO SILK BLOUSE 1X US $129.99
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 NWT $208 Equipment Signature Silk Blouse Chinese Red XS S XSmall Small 2 sizes US $125.00
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 Womens EILEEN FISHER Crushed Silk White Pants Chinese Style Jacket PETITE SM US $119.00
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 NWOT SOGO BLACK SILK FLORAL DAMASK CHINESE SHORT CHEONGSAM DRESS MANDARIN COLLAR US $99.99
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 ANNE KLEIN II Women Shirt Top Chinese High End Silk 10 US $99.00
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 Chinese Silk Brocade Woman Banquet QiPao US $89.41
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 Traditional Silk Chinese Blouse Coral Color Size M US $89.99
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 1930S HANDMADE EMBROIDERED 3 DRAGON CHINESE SILK SATIN ROBE GOWN SMALL US $89.95
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 Stunning Chinese Silk Jacket Butterfly Jacquard Hot Pink Lining size 2XL 14 16 US $88.00
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 Stunning Chinese Silk Jacket Jacquard Hot Pink Jacket size 3XL 14 16 US $88.00
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 Exquisite Long Silk Cheongsam Chinese Dress Overlay Lace Evening Party Prom Gown US $86.99
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 Stunning Chinese Silk Jacket Embroidered Tan Jacket size 3XL 14 16 US $85.00
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 NEW TAYLOR CHENG BAMBOO STRAPLESS TUBE DRESS CHINESE SILK SIZE SZ 6 US $81.95
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 Chinese Qi Pao Cheongsam Long Silk Dress BLACK Sz 6 18 US $79.05
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Why was the discovery of silk so significant in Chinese history?
It became popular in trade and led to the silk road (a series of trade routes connecting China to Asia Minor and the Mediterranean). This led to many cultural exchanges (as well as giving China a monopoly on silk).
Wikipedia, history of silk in China:
Silk fabric was first developed in ancient China, possibly as early as 6000 BC and definitely by 3000 BC. Legend gives credit to a Chinese empress, Xi Ling-Shi (Hsi-Ling-Shih, Lei-Tus). Silks were originally reserved for the kings of China for their own use and gifts to others, but spread gradually through Chinese culture both geographically and socially, and then to many regions of Asia. Silk rapidly became a popular luxury fabric in the many areas accessible to Chinese merchants because of its texture and luster. Silk was in great demand, and became a staple of pre-industrial international trade. In July of 2007, archeologists have discovered intricately weaved and dyed silk textiles in a tomb of Jiangxi province that are dated to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, roughly 2,500 years ago.[1] Although historians have suspected a long history of a formative textile industry in ancient China, this find of silk textiles employing "complicated techniques" of weaving and dyeing provides direct and concrete evidence for silks dating before the Mawangdui-discovery and other silks dating to the Han Dynasty (202 BC–220 AD).[1]
The first evidence of the silk trade is the finding of silk in the hair of an Egyptian mummy of the 21st dynasty, c.1070 BC [2]. Ultimately the silk trade reached as far as the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, Europe, and North Africa. This trade was so extensive that the major set of trade routes between Europe and Asia has become known as the Silk Road.
The Emperors of China strove to keep knowledge of sericulture secret to maintain the Chinese monopoly. Nonetheless sericulture reached Korea around 200 BC, about the first half of the 1st century AD had reached ancient Khotan[2], and by AD 300 the practice had been established in India.
Un-Cut - Chinese Silk Ft. Jenna G[Calibre Remix]
