He can tell how old a silk thread is by looking at the ratio of D ... more than 2,000 years old from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a flag from the Smithsonian that was used in 1846 in the ...

The threads are carefully extracted, cleaned, and twisted into fine silk yarns, eventually becoming the soft, shiny material cherished across cultures. The entire process is an art that has been ...

Through a short-term course initiated by the department of handicrafts, textiles, and coir, the women are learning the ...