Silk Series (40 images)
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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Silkworms and Mulberry Leaves
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Silkworms and Mulberry Leaves
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Silkworm Cocoons
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Factory workers process silk from cocoons in...
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Silkworm cocoons
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Silkworm cocoons
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Automated Sericulture
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Slikworm cocoon threading
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Spinning silk factory machine
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Spinning silk factory machine
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Factory workers process silk from cocoons in...
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Silk Thread Bolts
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Stretching Silk
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Chinese silk threads
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Silk Embroidery Threads
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Colorful silk threads
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Colorful silk threads
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Colorful silk threads
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Colorful silk threads
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Colorful silk threads
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Chinese silk threads
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Colorful silk threads
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Silk spools
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Silk spools
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Silk carpet dyes
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Balls of Silk
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Silk carpet weaver, China
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Chinese Silk Carpet Weaver
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Silk Carpet Showroom, Beijing
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Chinese Silk Embroiderer
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Chinese Silk Embroiderer
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Chinese Embroidery
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Silk Embroidery
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Silk Buttefly Embroidery
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Silk embroidery painting in progress
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"The Great Motherland of China"

