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Description: | Specimens relating to the production of silk being: 2 small circular sample boxes containing hatched and unhatched eggs; 1 small sample box containing skins; a box of 28 cocoons; 2 specimens of waste silk; 1 hank of raw silk; 1 hank of fine English reeled silk; 1 hank of fine Italian reeled silk; 6 moth and 3 caterpillar and cocoon specimens mounted together and a white silk scarf of English silk. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | Silk | Source: | Science Museum | Identifier: | 1935-625 | Go to resource |
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