Silk : a history in three metamorphoses
Prasad, Aarathi2023
Book
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.
Main title:
Silk : a history in three metamorphoses / Aarathi Prasad.
Author:
Prasad, Aarathi, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2023.
Collation:
359 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780008451844 (hbk)
Dewey class:
677.3909677.39
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1136333