Art of making silk + book with multi-rom, the: footprint reading library 1600
Auteur :
Waring, Rob / Geographic, National
Éditeur :
Cengage Learning, Inc
ISBN :
9781424021772
Date de publication :
23 sept. 2008
Dimensions :
19,5 x 14,9 x 0,3 cm
Poids :
79 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
There is a silk factory in Florence, Italy, where workers use ancient machines to create beautiful silk cloth. Other factories have modernized and use newer machines but the workers here continue to weave silk from machines that are centuries old. How is this silk made? What makes it special?