History of Silk

Contents: Introduction. 1. An overall glimpse to the splendid Chinese Silk. 2. The origin of silk. 3. silk of the qin and han dynasties. 4. Splendid silk sui and Tang. 5. Silk textiles of song and Liao. 6. Gilded brocade of the Yuan dynasty. 7. Auspicious silk of Ming and Qing. 8. Modern silk production. closing. Appendix.