Chinese Silk
Chinese Silk
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 Chado Ralph Rucci Silk Organza Satin Dress Chinese Characters Print 10 $6000  US $1,899.99
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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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 Vintage70s Peony Brand 100 Chinese SILK Cashmere WARM reversible M L Jacket US $325.00
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 Vintage 70s Peony Brand CHINESE 100 SILK embroidered reversible M L Jacket US $325.00
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 VOLLERS Jade Chinese Silk Burlesque Corset $525 NEW US $229.00
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 TURQUOISE CHINESE SILK BROCADE CORSET DRAGON STEEL BONED HANDMADE EVENING HERESY US $222.22
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 HOT PINK CHINESE SILK BROCADE CORSET DRAGON STEEL BONED HANDMADE EVENING HERESY US $222.22
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 Artistic Palace 100 SILK LADIES CHINESE THICK WINTER ROBE BRAND NEW SIZE SMALL US $200.00
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 Artistic Palace 100 SILK Ladies Red Chinese Dragon Robe Size Small Brand New US $200.00
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 Artistic Palace 100 SILK Ladies White 2 Sided Chinese Flower Robe Size Small US $200.00
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 SHANGHAI TANG MONGOLIA CHINESE COINS CASHMERE CARDIGAN SWEATER SILK MSRP $855 US $199.99
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 Chinese Plum Purple Silk Jacket With Black Velvet Raised Pattern Astrakhan Trim US $199.99
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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 $159.95
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 Sexy Bustier Corset Lingerie Black Chinese Silk With Gold Dragon Design NWOT US $300.00
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 Custom made Silk tapestry Satin Chinese cheongsam dress US $150.00
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 Stunning Chinese Silk Jacket Embroidered Ivory Jacket size 3XL 14 16 US $138.00
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 NEW ARTSY CITRON SANTA MONICA CHINESE ORNAMENTFLOWERS 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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 Womens EILEEN FISHER Crushed Silk White Pants Chinese Style Jacket PETITE SM US $119.00
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 Da Nang Chinese Cloud silk cargo pants S NWT$194 Sizes US $99.99
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 Tranditional Chinese Silk Women ClothesTang Dynasty US $99.99
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 NWOT SOGO BLACK SILK FLORAL DAMASK CHINESE SHORT CHEONGSAM DRESS MANDARIN COLLAR US $99.99
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 VINTAGE Hand Embroidered SILK KIMONO Robe by GOLDEN BEE Chinese TUNIC One Size US $99.97
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 ANNE KLEIN II Women Shirt Top Chinese High End Silk 10 US $99.00
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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.
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