The Silk Scarf Journal
How Silk Helped Invent the Computer
Long before computers entered our homes and pockets, one of their defining ideas was being used to weave flowers into silk. Discover how the Jacquard loom’s punched cards helped shape...
How Silk Helped Invent the Computer
Long before computers entered our homes and pockets, one of their defining ideas was being used to weave flowers into silk. Discover how the Jacquard loom’s punched cards helped shape...
The Silk Maps That Helped Prisoners Escape Duri...
During the Second World War, silk became an unlikely instrument of survival. Printed with roads, rivers, railways and borders, these quiet fabric maps helped Allied airmen and prisoners of war...
The Silk Maps That Helped Prisoners Escape Duri...
During the Second World War, silk became an unlikely instrument of survival. Printed with roads, rivers, railways and borders, these quiet fabric maps helped Allied airmen and prisoners of war...
When Silk Was Considered Dangerous
By the first century AD, silk had become one of the most desirable materials in the Roman world. It arrived from distant lands beyond the empire's eastern frontier, astonishing those...
When Silk Was Considered Dangerous
By the first century AD, silk had become one of the most desirable materials in the Roman world. It arrived from distant lands beyond the empire's eastern frontier, astonishing those...
The Plague That Nearly Killed Silk
In the nineteenth century, Europe’s silk industry was brought close to collapse by diseases that swept through its silkworm populations. The crisis threatened entire communities in France and Italy, exposed...
The Plague That Nearly Killed Silk
In the nineteenth century, Europe’s silk industry was brought close to collapse by diseases that swept through its silkworm populations. The crisis threatened entire communities in France and Italy, exposed...
The Silk Garments That Survived Two Thousand Years
In 1971, archaeologists in central China opened a tomb that had remained sealed for more than two millennia. Inside they found silk. Not fragments, not traces, but garments, banners and...
The Silk Garments That Survived Two Thousand Years
In 1971, archaeologists in central China opened a tomb that had remained sealed for more than two millennia. Inside they found silk. Not fragments, not traces, but garments, banners and...
The Secret Hidden Inside a Bamboo Cane
For centuries, silk was the world's most coveted luxury and its method of production remained one of history's most closely guarded secrets. Then, sometime in the sixth century, two travellers...
The Secret Hidden Inside a Bamboo Cane
For centuries, silk was the world's most coveted luxury and its method of production remained one of history's most closely guarded secrets. Then, sometime in the sixth century, two travellers...