The Silk Rug's Beginning...

[T Monahan]

 

[T Monahan]

This is a video I shot while in Turkey:

[video=youtube_share;NiHIkSkdHU8]http://youtu.be/NiHIkSkdHU8[/video]

 

[Mikey P]

did you ask what they do with the worm?


I feed them to my lizard.

 

[rhyde]

can't dye silk with natural dyes ?

 

[emmasmith833]

Hi,

If you would like to see more variety of Silk Rugs, then private message me. I will show you all the stock I have.

 

[T Monahan]

can't dye silk with natural dyes ?

I thought that was an odd statement too.

 

[Nathan544]

I wonder how they made (and dyed) silk rugs before Perkins invented synthetic dyes in the 1860's? I think they've lost the knowledge to do what their ancestors did routinely... I know the Japanese & Chinese have been dyeing silk kimonos and textiles for thousands of years too. Still, what a geat video! Nice work.
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[T Monahan]

 

[T Monahan]

[video=youtube_share;8xLCSoacVS8]http://youtu.be/8xLCSoacVS8[/video]

 

[rhyde]

I thought that was an odd statement too.

Here's a [FONT=Georgia, serif] Circa 1600 silk rug at christie's I wounder what manor of synthetic dye they used ? [/FONT]

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/...rug-central-persia-circa-5077302-details.aspx

 

[dgardner]

Extremely interesting!