Silk : a history in three metamorphoses
Prasad, Aarathi2023
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In a history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global history, natural history, and future of a unique material that has fascinated the world for millennia.
Silk : a history in three metamorphoses / Aarathi Prasad.
London : William Collins, 2023.London : William Collins, 2023.
359 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Includes index.
9780008451844 (hbk)
677.39
English
2746486