Lot of French silk cocoons, 1913

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Description:

Lot of French silk cocoons, 1913. Cream colored. Regular commercial grade. Purchased in Lyons, France, in August 1913, Given by the Philadelphia Commercial Musem in 1914, along with several other silk-related specimens.

Date Made: ca. 1913

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: France

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, American Silks, American Textile Industry

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Credit Line: Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum, 1914

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T02083.000Accession Number: 57520Catalog Number: T2083

Object Name: cocoons, silkworm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-4dcc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1892604

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