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bed rest pillows - Finishing processes are varying and important, as in making moires. Weaving is done as with other textiles, but on more delicate and specialized looms. Fabrics made are plain weaves (taffeta, pongee), cords (faille, poplin), gauzes (net malines), pile fabrics (plush, velvet), crepes, satins, damask, ribbons, and brocade. Some of these weaves are ancient, developed on the shuttle looms of China and the handlooms of India, Greece, and Europe. In Europe and Asia the handloom is still used for the finest fabrics. Japan and China lead in the production of raw si_lk, with India, Italy, and France following. The United States is the largest importer. Sericulture (the culture of the

si_lkworm) and the weaving of si_lk have been practiced in China from a remote period. Legend dates this back to 2640 B. C. , to Empress Si Ling-chi, who not only encouraged the culture of the si_lkworm but also developed the process of reeling from the cocoon. This was a closely guarded secret for some 3,000 years. si_lk seems to have been woven very early on the island of Kós, which Aristotle mentions, in a vague description of the si_lkworm, as the place where si_lk was first spun, In the 1st and 2d cent. A. D. si_lk fabrics imported to Greece and Rome were sold for fabulous prices. Up to the 6th cent. raw si_lk was brought from China, but death was the penalty for exporting si_lkworm eggs. About A. D.

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