PREFERRED TERM
Wild silk
DEFINITION
- It refers to the silk that has been obtained from the cocoons of caterpillars which live in a wild-state or semi-domesticity, from the genus "Antheraca" among others.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Soie sauvage
French
Seta selvatica
Italian
Seda salvaje
Spanish
seda lasa
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/372
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