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contour pillows - 550 two former missionaries to China, incited by Emperor Justinian, succeeded (says Procopius) in smuggling to Constantinople, in a hollow staff, both the eggs of the si_lkworm and the seeds of the mulberry tree. Byzantium became famous for splendid si_lken textiles and embroideries, used throughout medieval Europe for royal and ecclesiastical costumes and f_urnishings. In the 8th cent. the Moors began to carry the arts of si_lk culture and weaving across the northern coast of Africa and to Spain and Sicily, and in the 12th cent. Spain and Sicily were weaving si_lks of exquisite texture and design. Other areas of Europe subsequently became great weaving centers. Lucca, in N Italy, had established looms by the 13th cent. , and

in the 14th cent. the city became famous for its materials and designs. Florence and Venice followed and wove sumptuous fabrics and velvets enriched with gold thread. Genoa’s velvets became well known. France established looms, and under Louis XIV’s minister Jean Baptiste Colbert it set the fashion with its beautiful si_lks. Lyons in S France became an important weaving center. Early attempts were made in England under Henry VI to establish the si_lk industry, but it was not until the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, when many French refugee weavers fled to England, that the industry received a real impetus. The French settled in Canterbury, Norwich, and other places; but it was in Spitalfields, London, that the industry became important.

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