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Drying Silk Cocoons in IndiaA silk factory in India, showing the latest and most approved method. Cocoons exposed in the sun in large flats trays to dry the silk and also kill the grub inside each cocoon. Date: late 1890s
Chinese silk - dyeing and weavingChinese silk loom, is shown; the figure seated above among the machinery, appears to assist the labour by means of weight. Date: 1833
Chinese silk - winding from the cocoonsWinding off the silk into singles, but the woman appears for the moment to have left her post for the purpose of blowing the fire. Date: 1833
Chinese silk - cleaning the cocoonsThe cocoons being completed by the insect, are being cleared of dirt and dead leaves, before they are removed from the frames. Date: 1833
Silk culture in China 1857Preparing raw silk. Date: 1857
Cocoonery - Silk Manufacture - Syria. Date: circa 1905s
Black-veined White Butterfly - masses of pupae on birch-tree bark (Aporia crataegi). South Tuva, Russia
Newly emerged Black-veined White butterfly (Aporia crataegi). South Tuva, Russia
Japan - Silk Industry - Silkworms begin to construct cocoons Date: circa 1909
Japan - Silk Industry - Reeling the cocoons by foot reel Date: circa 1909
Japanese Silk Industry - Storing the Cocoons Date: circa 1910
Japanese Silk Industry - Reeling the Cocoons by Hand-reel Date: circa 1910
Stages of the SilkwormVarious stages of the lifecycle of the silkworm from the grub to the silk cocoon. Date: Circa 1760
Feeding Silkworms / ChinaFeeding silk worms with mulberry leaves & sorting the cocoons. The whole family seems to be involved
Chinese Silk IndustryWomen destroying the Chrysalides & reeling the cocoons while their children play nearby
Sorting Silk CocoonsSorting silk cocoons for size & quality in Italy