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[[File:Silk_Sari_Weaving_at_Kanchipuram,_Tamil_Nadu.jpg|right|thumb|[[w:Silk Sari|Silk Sari]] Weaving in [[India]].]]
'''[[w:Silk|Silk]]''' is a natural [[w:Protein|protein]] [[w:Fiber|fiber]], some forms of which can be woven into [[w:Textiles|textiles]]. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of [[w:Fibroin|fibroin]] and produced by certain [[w:Insect|insect]] [[w:Larvae|larvae]] to form [[w:Cocoons|cocoons]]. The best-known type of silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the [[w:Mulberry|mulberry]] [[w:Silkworm|silkworm]] ''[[w:Bombyx mori|Bombyx mori]]'' reared in captivity ([[w:Sericulture|sericulture]]). The shimmering appearance of silk is due to the triangular prism-like structure of the silk fibre, which allows silk cloth to refract incoming [[light]] at different angles, thus producing different colors. Use of [[w:Spider silks|Spider silks]] to produce novel, protein-based, eco-friendly materials for use in medical, cosmetic, electronic, textile, industrial, and other applications is also under research.
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:<small>'''CONTENT'''</small> : [[#A - F|A - F]] , [[#G - L|G - L]] , [[#M - R|M - R]] , [[#S - Z|S - Z]] , [[#See also|See also]] , [[#External links|External links]]
== Quotes ==
:''Quotes are arranged alphabetically by author''
=== A - F ===
[[File:Silver Sheet May 01 1923 - HER REPUTATION.pdf|right|thumb|Silk and [[w:Lace|Lace]]<br>Stronger than an [[evening]] [[fire]]<br>My [[heart]] yearns with [[desire]]<br>To build with you a burning [[pyre]]<br>That rivals the [[beauty]] of angelic [[choir]]<br>In you I see both beauty and grace<br>Each time I gaze upon your [[brilliant]] [[face]]<br>For you are Beauty draped in silk and lace... - John Allen]]
*Silk and [[w:Lace|Lace]]<br>Stronger than an [[evening]] [[fire]]<br>My [[heart]] yearns with [[desire]]<br>To build with you a burning [[w:Pyre|pyre]]<br>That rivals the [[beauty]] of angelic [[w:Choir|choir]]<br>In you I see both beauty and grace<br>Each time I gaze upon your [[w;Brilliant|brilliant]] [[face]]<br>For you are Beauty draped in silk and lace<br>And in your [[eyes]] my heart has found its place<br>To speak with you is like [[Autumn]] [[wind]]<br>The [[world]] is kind when you and I see the day begin<br>Together embraced in silk and lace a [[passion]] that knows no end<br>Though we are not [[lovers]] [[loving]] under covers I am glad to know you as a [[friend]].
**John Allen in: ''[http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poem_detail.aspx?ID=49018 Silk and Lace]'', poetrysoup.com
[[File:Gunthertuch.jpg|right|thumb|She maketh herself coverings of [[w:Tapestry|tapestry]]; her clothing is silk and [[w:Purple|purple]]... - [[Bible]].]]
*She maketh herself coverings of [[w:Tapestry|tapestry]]; her clothing is silk and [[w:Purple|purple]]. It looks as if she did not neglect herself. The coverings mentioned are for her bed. She took time to [[w:Decorate|decorate]] and [[w:Adorn|adorn]] her [[w;Bedroom|bedroom]] with [[beautiful]] [[w:Bedspread|bedspread]], [[w:Pillows|pillows]] etc. her clothing is attractive and made of silk. Silk was one of the finest linens from [[Egypt]].
**[[Bible]] in: Anna Scott Bradley ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=uyRPUrGR5AMC&pg=PA92 All I's for You ]'', AuthorHouse, 29 February 2012, p. 92
[[File:Handkerchief LACMA 40.28.4 (1 of 2).jpg|right|thumb|Silk Handkerchief - A small square of silk or linen, used in various ignoble offices about the face and especially serviceable at funerals to conceal the lack of tears. The handkerchief is of recent invention; our ancestors knew nothing of it and entrusted its duties to the sleeve.... - [[Ambrose Bierce]].]]
*[[w:Handkerchief|HANDKERCHIEF]], n. A small square of silk or linen, used in various ignoble offices about the face and especially serviceable at [[funerals]] to conceal the lack of [[tears]]. The handkerchief is of recent [[invention]]; our ancestors knew nothing of it and entrusted its duties to the sleeve. [[Shakespeare]]'s introducing it into the play of "[[Othello]]" is an [[w:Anachronism|anachronism]]: [[w:Desdemona|Desdemona]] dried her nose with her [[w:Skirt|skirt]], as [[w:Mary Edwards Walker|Dr. Mary Walker]] and other reformers have done with their coattails in our own day --an evidence that revolutions sometimes go backward.
**[[Ambrose Bierce]] in: ''[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=wepDuvb5PkwC&pg=PA60 The Devil's Dictionary]'', Digireads.com Publishing, 1 January 2004, p. 60
*It's funny how [[w:Worms|worms]] can turn leaves into silk.<br>But funnier far is the [[w:Cow|cow]]:<br>She changes a field of [[w:Green|green]] [[w:Grass|grass]] into [[milk]]<br>And not a professor knows how.
**Dorothy Caruso in: ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=Y0KC70snebkC Enrico Caruso his life and death]'', 1945, p.42
[[File:19th century Fukusa portraying the legend of Takasago with Jo and Uba under a pine tree, embroidered silk and couched gold-wrapped thread on indigo dyed shusa satin silk.jpg|right|thumb|Gift of Fukusa, a portrayal in embroidered silk and couched gold-wrapped thread on indigo dyed shusa satin silk - The [[Spirit]] of the [[Gift]] <br>It is not the weight of [[jewel]] or plate, <br>Or the fondle of silk or fur; <br>'Tis the spirit in which the gift is rich,... - Edmund Vance Cooke]]
*The [[Spirit]] of the [[Gift]] <br>It is not the weight of [[jewel]] or plate, <br>Or the fondle of silk or fur; <br>'Tis the spirit in which the gift is rich, <br>As the gifts of the Wise Ones were, <br>And we are not told whose gift was [[gold]], <br>Or whose was the gift of [[w:Myrrh|myrrh]].
**Edmund Vance Cooke in:''[http://books.google.com/books?id=jPYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA211 The Kindergarten for Teachers and Parents, Volumes 17-18]'', Alice B. Stockham & Company, 1904, p. 211
*BLACK SILK DRESS<br>Her [[black]] silk [[dress]]<br>Fitted her like a sheath<br>The taut lines showed<br>Her [[naked]]ness beneath<br>Save for black-stockings<br>Gartered at the thigh<br>Stimulating to the loins<br>And pleasing to the eye<br>She turned every head<br>With her glamorous allure<br>Filled each one with thoughts<br>None of which were pure
**[[w:Paul Curtis (musician)|Paul Curtis]] in: ''[http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poem_detail.aspx?ID=220004 Black Silk Dress]'', poetrysoup
[[File:Silkworm_mulberry_tree_zetarra_marugatze_arbolean3.JPG|right|thumb|According to an [[w:Ancient|ancient]] [[w:Chinese legend|Chinese legend]], one day in the year 240 BC, [[w:Princess|Princess]] Si Ling-chi was sitting under a [[w:Morus (plant)|mulberry tree]] when a [[w:silkworm|silkworm]] [[w:Cocoon|cocoon]] fell into her teacup.... - [[w:Jeffrey Eugenides|Jeffrey Eugenides]] .]]
*According to an [[w:Ancient|ancient]] [[w:Chinese legend|Chinese legend]], one day in the year 240 BC, [[w:Princess|Princess]] Si Ling-chi was sitting under a [[w:Morus (plant)|mulberry tree]] when a [[w:silkworm|silkworm]] [[w:Cocoon|cocoon]] fell into her teacup. When she tried to remove it, she noticed that the cocoon had begun to unravel in the hot [[liquid]]. She handed the loose end to her [[w:Maidservant|maidservant]] and told her to walk. The servant went out of the princess's chamber, and into the palace courtyard, and through the palace gates, and out of the [[w:Forbidden City|Forbidden City]], and into the countryside a half mile away before the cocoon ran out. (In the West, this legend would slowly [[w:Mutate|mutate over three millennia, until it became the story of a [[physicist]] and an [[apple]]. Either way, the meanings are the same: great discoveries, whether of silk or of [[gravity]], are always windfalls. They happen to people loafing under trees.
**[[w:Jeffrey Eugenides|Jeffrey Eugenides]] in:''[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=h7utqa_hWoIC&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63 Middlesex: Reissued]'', Bloomsbury Publishing,3 October 2011, p. 63
*They don't farm silk in [[America]]. They wear clothes, don't they? Or do they go around naked? If they wear clothes, they need silk. And they can buy it from me. “Okay, whatever you want. Just hurry.”
**[[w:Jeffrey Eugenides|Jeffrey Eugenides]] in: "Middlesex: Reissued", p. 43
[[File:Silkworms3000px.jpg|right|thumb|...In 550 AD, the missionaries snuck silkworm eggs out of China in the swallowed condom of the time: a hollow staff... - [[w:Jeffrey Eugenides|Jeffrey Eugenides]].]]
*My family might never have become silk farmers if it hadn't been for the [[w:Emperor Justinian|Emperor Justinian]], who, according to [[w:Procopius|Procopius]], persuaded two missionaries to risk it. In 550 AD, the missionaries snuck silkworm eggs out of China in the swallowed condom of the time: a hollow staff. They also brought the seeds of the mulberry tree. As a result, [[w:Byzantium|Byzantium]] became a center of [[w:Sericulture|sericulture]]. Mulberry trees flourished on [[w:Turkey|Turkish]] hill sides. Silkworms are the leaves, Fourteen hundred years later, the [[descendants]] of those stolen eggs filled my grandmother’s silkworm box in [[w:Guilin|Guilin]].
**[[w:Jeffrey Eugenides|Jeffrey Eugenides]] in: "Middlesex: Reissued", p. 71
*[[w:Orthodox|Orthodox]] [[w:Monks|monks]] smuggled silk out of [[China]] in the sixth century. They brought it to [[w:Asia Minor|Asia Minor]]. From there it spread to [[Europe]], and finally traveled across the [[sea]] to [[North America]]. [[Benjamin Franklin]] fostered the silk industry in [[Pennsylvania]] before the [[American Revolution]]. [[w:Mulberry trees|Mulberry trees]] were planted all over the [[United States]].
**[[w:Jeffrey Eugenides|Jeffrey Eugenides]] in: "Middlesex: Reissued", p. 396
*The most widely raised type of [[w:Silkworm|silkworm]], the [[w:Larva|larva]] of ''[[w:Bombyx mori|Bombyx mori]]'', no longer exists anywhere in a natural state. The legs of the larve have degenerated, and the adults do not fly.
**[[w:Jeffrey Eugenides|Jeffrey Eugenides]] in: "Middlesex: Reissued", p. 397
*A Silk [[w:Rose|Rose]]<br>I run my [[hands]] down your silk shoulders<br>till our hands are in each others.<br>As our bodies lightly touch,<br>these lips can only [[kiss]].<br>I [[whisper]] softly<br>my only [[words]],<br>I [[love]] you<br>always
**Michael J. Falotico in: ''[http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poem_detail.aspx?ID=371191 A Silk Rose]'', poetrysoup.com
=== G - L ===
*Your thought advocates fame and show. Mine counsels me and implores me to cast aside notoriety and treat it like a grain of sand cast upon the shore of eternity. Your thought instills in your heart arrogance and superiority. Mine plants within me love for peace and the desire for independence. Your thought begets dreams of palaces with furniture of sandalwood studded with jewels, and beds made of twisted silk threads. My thought speaks softly in my ears, "Be clean in body and spirit even if you have nowhere to lay your head." Your thought makes you aspire to titles and offices. Mine exhorts me to humble service.
**[[Khalil Gibran]] in: ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=NfsKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA468 The Khalil Gibran Megapack: 43 Classic Works]'', Wildside Press LLC, 10 November 2013, p.468
'''Spider silk'''
[[File:Argiope_bruennichi_Cornacchiaia_1.jpg|right|thumb|For me, each day begins and ends with wanting to learn a little more about the [[secrets]] of [[w:Spider silk|spider silk]].[[w:Spiders|Spiders]] have been around for over 300 million years and are found in nearly every [[w:Terrestrial environment|terrestrial environment]]. There are more than 40,000 species living today and each spins at least one type of silk. However, most spiders spin more than one type of silk.... - [[w:Cheryl Hayashi|Cheryl Hayashi]].]]
[[File:Gho.jpg|right|thumb|[[w:Gho|Gho]] with orange [[kabney]] (silk scarf) - What's the difference between spider silk and [[w:Silkworm|silkworm]] silk, the kind of silk in a typical [[w:Kabney|silk scarf]] or blouse... - [[w:Cheryl Hayashi|Cheryl Hayashi]].]]
*For me, each day begins and ends with wanting to learn a little more about the [[secrets]] of [[w:Spider silk|spider silk]]. [[w:Spiders|Spiders]] have been around for over 300 million years and are found in nearly every [[w:Terrestrial environment|terrestrial environment]]. There are more than 40,000 species living today and each spins at least one type of silk. However, most spiders spin more than one type of silk. For example, the orb-web weaving spiders that are commonly seen in gardens during the day or near porch lights at night, typically make seven kinds of silk. Each silk is chemically and functionally distinctive.
**[[w:Cheryl Hayashi|Cheryl Hayashi]] in: ''[http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/01/opinion/hayashi-spider-silk/ The secrets of spider silk]'', CNN.com
*An individual [[w:Spider|spider]] can produce multiple varieties of silk because it has numerous silk glands inside its body. Some silk glands make one type of silk, another set of silk glands makes a second type of silk, and so forth. One of the unforgettable moments in my [[life]] was the first time I dissected a spider and saw its stunningly [[beautiful]], [[w:Translucent|translucent]] silk glands.
**[[w:Cheryl Hayashi|Cheryl Hayashi]] in: "The secrets of spider silk"
*What's the difference between spider silk and [[w:Silkworm|silkworm]] silk, the kind of silk in a typical [[w:Kabney|silk scarf]] or blouse. Silk used in [[w:Textiles|textiles]] is spun from the mouths of [[w:Caterpillars|caterpillars]] to form [[w;Cocoons|cocoons]] that protect them while they transform into [[w:Moths|moths]]. A silkworm has only one pair of silk glands and can make one type of [[w:Fiber}fiber]].
**[[w:Cheryl Hayashi|Cheryl Hayashi]] in: "The secrets of spider silk"
*[[w:Spiders|Spiders]], in contrast, have many silk glands, and the silk emerges from spinnerets located towards the rear of their bodies. Spiders are also able to spin silk from when they are very young and continue to do so throughout their lives.
**[[w:Cheryl Hayashi|Cheryl Hayashi]] in: "The secrets of spider silk"
*Researchers are drawing [[inspiration]] from spider silks to produce novel, protein-based, eco-friendly materials for use in medical, cosmetic, electronic, textile, industrial, and other applications. The potential is enormous, especially considering the mind-boggling diversity of spiders and their silks.
**[[w:Cheryl Hayashi|Cheryl Hayashi]] in: "The secrets of spider silk"
*Golden silk with deep red tie<br>Folded in golden silk<br>with deep red tie of the same <br> tucked inside a bedside drawer<br>this is for what she came...<br>holding to her [[heart]] these now opened [[letters]]<br> with [[tear]] stains she has no [[shame]]<br>the i [[love]] yous wrapped in golden silk<br>with deep red tie of the same.
**Melisa Karpinske in angel4eva1976]] in:''[http://www.gotpoetry.com/Poems/l_op=Showpoet/Poems/l_op=viewpoems/lid=135936.html Poetry]'', gotpoetry.com
*So now our dear old [[Santa Claus|Santa]], he's a [[picture]] of [[health]].<br>Now that he's so much thinner, he moves with greater [[stealth]].<br>Please don't leave him cookies, forget about the [[milk]].<br> Perhaps some sexy boxers, Mrs. Claus prefers them silk.
**Richard Lamoureux in: ''[http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poem_detail.aspx?ID=530060 Silk For Santa Claus]'', poetrysoup.com
*The eighteenth century was "The Age of Silk”. It was the [[w:Fabric|fabric]] of [[power]] and class command. [[Thomas Gainsborough|Gainsborough]] painted not people so much as displays of silken [[w:Extravagance|extravagance]].
**[[w:Peter Linebaugh|Peter Linebaugh]] in: "The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century", p. 256
*The [[w:Lace|lace]] man might then sell or put out the purl to the silver-thread-spinner, who, by intertwining [[w:Purl|purl]] and silk, made an [[w:Embroidery|embroiderer]]'s [[w:Thread|thread]] called 'sleysy'. The lace man's shop had equipment consisting of [[w:Wheels|wheels]] and [[w:Spindles|spindles]] much like those at a rope-walk.
**[[w:Peter Linebaugh|Peter Linebaugh]] in: "The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century", P. 229
=== M - R ===
*I have been much amused at ye singular φενόμενα [phenomena] resulting from bringing of a needle into contact with a piece of [[w:Amber|amber]] or resin fricated on silke clothe. Ye flame putteth me in [[mind]] of sheet [[lightning]] on a small—how very small—scale.
**[[Sir Isaac Newton]] in: ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=KBJbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA279 The Electrician, Volume 6 ]'', James Gray, 1881, p.279
[[File:Chiasma_species_W_IMG_2775.jpg|right|thumb|I looked at the [[w:Geometer moth|inchworm]] dangling from the silk in my hand and said: "Think how nature makes things compared to how we humans make things."...]]
[[File:Woman's Dress LACMA M.2007.211.744 (4 of 7).jpg|right|thumb|The [[w:Lace|lace]] man might then sell or put out the purl to the silver-thread-spinner, who, by intertwining [[w:Purl|purl]] and silk, made an [[w:Embroidery|embroiderer]]'s [[w:Thread|thread]] called 'sleysy'... - [[w:Peter Linebaugh|Peter Linebaugh]].]]
*I looked at the [[w:Geometer moth|inchworm]] dangling from the silk in my hand and said: "Think how nature makes things compared to how we humans make things." We talked about how animals don't just [[preserve]] the next generation; they typically preserve the environment for the ten-thousandth generation. While human industrial processes can produce [[w:Kevlar|Kevlar]], it takes a temperature of thousands of degrees to do it, and the fiber is pulled through sulfuric acid. In contrast, a [[w:Spider|spider]] makes its silk - which per gram is several times stronger than steel - at room temperature in water.
**Bill Powers in: ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=QBGa8cA_OjwC&pg=PA73 Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin off the Grid & Beyond The American Dream]'', New World Library, 6 October 2010, P.73
*...touched the silk thread which the caterpillar makes benignly from the protein [[w:Fibroin|fibroin]]...think of its [[metamorphosis]] in its [[w:Cocoon|cocoon]], a churning of natural juices, [[enzymes]] – and out comes a [[butterfly]]. Where are the [[toxics]] in that?
**Bill Powers in: "Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin off the Grid & Beyond The American Dream", p. 74
*We are all [[w:Adam|Adam]]'s [[children]], but silk makes the difference.
**[[Proverb]] in: Peter Linebaugh ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=e1gSL-DP-WEC&pg=PA257 The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century]'', Verso, 2003, p.257
=== S - Z ===
*[[Queen Elizabeth]] owned silk [[w:Stockings|stockings]]. The [[capitalist]] achievement does not typically consist in providing more silk stockings for queens but in bringing them within the reach of factory girls in return for steadily decreasing amount of efforts.
**Yuichi Shionoya in: ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=4tpDcLNE1OsC&pg=PA190 Schumpeter and the Idea of Social Science: A Metatheoretical Study],'' Cambridge University Press, 19 July 2007
[[File:Mysore Silk Saree.jpg|right|thumb|[[w:Mysore Silk|Mysore Silk]] [[w:Sari|sari]].]]
* Well, we realised that we have to move with the times, adapt to change. Also, this is a way of capturing a larger segment of the market. The new designs will mean more takers among the younger age groups, who look for trendy designs, and new looks. The older age group will now have something different-looking to add to their existing classic-design collection. …All these innovations are being done without in any way tampering with the purity and uncompromising quality that has characterised Mysore silk fabrics - including saris — for decades.... Although we are giving the body of the [[w:Sari|sari]] an element of interest with these innovations, we are seeing to it that it doesn't kill the inherent beauty of the fabric.
**P. Vijayan, in ''[http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/03/05/stories/2005030502400300.htm Modern MYSURU], about getting a [[w:Geographical indication|Geographical Indication]] (GI) patent for Mysore Silk]'', The Hindu, 5 March 2005
*This is one element [kasuti-embroidery fusion] I always missed in a Mysore silk saree. So, I had to go for [[w:Kanchipuram sari|Kancheepuram]], Peddapuram [saris] or [[w:Banarasi saris|Banaras]] when I needed to wear a very heavy-looking sari. Now, I have bought one and even gifted another to my sister-in-law as part of her [[w:Wedding trousseau|wedding trousseau]].
**Nandana Roy, on Kasuti-embroidery fusion of silk, quoted in: "Modern MYSURU".
===Chinese Art & Culture===
[[File:Silk_route.jpg|right|thumb|[[China]]'s earliest contact with the rest of the [[world]] was via the [[w:Silk Road|Silk Road]], along which Chinese silks were transported through the [[w:Middle East|Middle East]] and into [[Europe]]. In return, traders brought foreign goods, such as [[wool]], [[w:Glass beads|glass beads]], [[silver]], and [[gold]] into China.]]
[[File:The Immortal Dongfang Shuo Stealing a Peach, close-up of tapestry.jpg|right|thumb|Silk tapestry, or ''[[w:K'o-ssu|kesi]]'' appeared in [[China]] during the [[w:Tang dynasty|Tang dynasty]] around the 7th century C.E. In silk tapestry, both the background [[w:Fabric|fabric]] and the foreground threads are made of silk. [[w:Tapestry|Tapestry]] [[artists]] favored big, bold designs without repeats.]]
[[File:Meister_nach_Chang_Hsüan_001.jpg|right|thumb|Plain silk [[w:Fabric|fabric]] can be [[w:Tie-dyed|tie-dyed]] or [[print]]ed. [[Artisans]] use simple printing blocks to create colourful, repeated [[designs]]. For more luxurious reults, silks can be hand-[[paint]]ed or [[w:Embroidered|embroidered]].]]
<small>Clare Hibbert in: ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=RrU1m4qTbeQC&pg=PA48 Chinese Art & Culture]'', Heinemann-Raintree Library, 2005</small>
*[[China]] has been famous for its silk for thousands of years. The main trade route linking China to the [[West]] was even known as the [[w:Silk Road|Silk Road]]. The ancient [[Romans]] prized Chinese silk and imported both [[w:Thread|thread]] and [[w:Cloth|cloth]]. The Chinese kept their methods of silk production a closely held [[secret]], and so Westerners were unable to make their own. [[Knowledge]] of silk making gradually spread west after two [[w:Persia|Persian]] [[w:Monks|monks]] smuggled some silk worm eggs out of China in the 6th century C.E. However, China remained the wold’s key producer.
**In: p. 30
*Silk. production. The ancient Chinese method of silk making, or [[w:Sericulture|sericulture]], involved hatching many silk moth eggs at the same time. The caterpillars were then kept on [[bamboo]] [[w:Trays|trays]] and fed hand-picked [[w:Morus (plant)|mulberry leaves]]. Some [[w:Cocoons|cocoons]] were allowed to develop into adult [[w:Moths|moths]] so that they could produce more [[eggs]]. The rest were dropped into [[w:Boiling water|boiling water]], which made each cocoon unwind to produce a single [[w:Fiber|fiber]] that could be over half mile (nearly a kilometer long).
**In: p. 31
*Silk tapestry, or ''[[w:K'o-ssu|kesi]]'' appeared in [[China]] during the [[w:Tang dynasty|Tang dynasty]] around the 7th century C.E. In silk tapestry, both the background [[w:Fabric|fabric and the foreground threads are made of silk. [[w:Tapestry|Tapestry]] [[artists]] favored big, bold designs without repeats.
**In: p.32
*Plain silk [[w:Fabric|fabric]] can be [[w:Tie-dyed|tie-dyed]] or [[print]]ed. [[Artisans]] use simple printing blocks to create colourful, repeated [[designs]]. For more luxurious reults, silks can be hand-[[paint]]ed or [[w:Embroidered|embroidered]].
**In: p .32
*[[Summer]] [[w:Robes|robes]] were made from [[light]], cool silk. Those for [[winter]] wear were [[w:Quilt|quilted — two layers of silk were stitched together, with a thick layer of warm [[w:Padding|padding]] in between. Quilting is still a popular technique in modern [[China]] for creating cozy dresses and jackets.
**In: p. 33
*The tradition of [[painting]] on silk emerged in the 3rd century BC., with painters producing banners and scrolls....Between the 4th and the 10th centuries silk painted concentrated on human figures. They depicted their clothes and movements with graceful brush strokes.
**In: P. 34
*It [qin] has seven silk or metal strings and a long soundbox, with marks showing the positions of thirteen particular pitches. The [[Guqin|qin]] was a favorite [[instrument]] of scholar-[[poets]] because its plucked strings create delicate, magical notes.
**In: P. 43
*[[China]]'s earliest contact with the rest of the [[world]] was via the [[w:Silk Road|Silk Road]], along which Chinese silks were transported through the [[w:Middle East|Middle East]] and into [[Europe]]. In return, traders brought foreign goods, such as [[wool]], [[w:Glass beads|glass beads]], [[silver]], and [[gold]] into China.
**In: p.48
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