Tiny silk fragments from a ceremonial robe that a bishop was buried in almost 550 years ago have been pieced together to make a recreation of the sumptuous red and purple fabric. The fragments have ...

But two new (and complimentary) exhibitions at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia leave you wondering if you ...

CHANGSHA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Silk manuscripts dating back about 2,300 years have been returned to China, 79 years after they were smuggled out of the country, with their return resulting from ...

Bukhara, which is situated on the Silk Route, is more than 2,000 years old. It is the most complete example of a medieval city in Central Asia, with an urban fabric that has remained largely intact.

Scarves made of hangluo gauze, a type of silk fabric produced in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. [Photo provided to China Daily] Silk has also played a significant role in Chinese interactions with the ...

Thousands are flocking to the Wood River Valley for the Trailing of the Sheep Festival, with hands-on classes, sheepdog trials and culinary delights leading up to Sunday’s Big Sheep Parade.

State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Biomaterial Fiber and Modern Textile, College of Sericulture, Textile and Biomass Sciences, Southwest University, ...

Researchers have isolated degraded silk proteins in the soil of Chinese tombs that date back about 8,500 years—the oldest evidence of manmade silk by far. They found the tiny molecular proteins at the ...

In 2009, what is believed to be the world’s largest and rarest piece of cloth made entirely from the silk of the golden silk orb-weaver was exhibited at the American Museum of Natural History in New ...

Centro di Studio sulla Spettroscopia Raman, Dipartimento di Biochimica “G. Moruzzi”, Università di Bologna, via Belmeloro 8/2, Bologna 40126, Italy, Stazione Sperimentale per la Seta, via G. Colombo ...