- 2003 edition, 168 pages
- Published by St Johns Press UK
- Softcover
- Very good condition, minor cover wear
Signed by author. Index, glossary and illustrated.
The Secrets of Silk: From the Myths and Legends to the Middle Ages is the first of three books. The second and third cover later periods.
This book draws together the myths and legends and stories of high adventure, hardship, and greed as this precious fabric travele over the Old Silk Road. Its arrival in the West took Byzantium and Rome by storm and Marco Polo recorded just how widespread silk was in Mongol China at the time of Kublai Khan. In Britain, plan silk fabrics were exquisitely over embroidered to make priceless garments for the Church and Court. The London silkwomen conducted their businessess with both the help and hindrance of powerful guildsmen. A constant thread throughout the whole story is the use, power and impact of silk in fashion.
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