The silk merchant from Massachusetts had arrived in Glasgow in 1844, seeking refuge from a slump in ... Within five years, 75% of Stoddard's production was being exported to the US. By 1870, the ...

The self-declared "pro-crypto president" Donald Trump pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht on Tuesday. Ulbricht, 40, was about 10 years into his life sentence for helming an online black ...

and silk weaving – industries that were vital to its economy. The researchers noted that many historical records about sericulture in ancient China mention Shu state.

Uzbekistan’s tradition of silk production has been a hallmark of its cultural and economic landscape for millennia, with deep roots tracing back to the ancient Silk Road. Today, Uzbekistan is ...

Agricultural wisdom, including rice farming, livestock farming, sericulture and silk weaving, has been passed down in this community for centuries. "Local folks continue to preserve their old ...

This is accomplished by taking a thin sheet of fabric (silk works best) and adhering a single piezoelectric fiber to its surface. That fiber runs vertically down the middle of the sheet ...

With the India home textile industry set for a 7-9% revenue jump this fiscal, this kind of showcase is expected to add to the bottomline of the silk weaving sector too. Kanchipuram is often called ...

Nestled next to the green fields along the banks of the Red River, Nha Xá silk cloth weaving village in Duy Tiên District of Hà Nam Province has a history of more than 700 years and the ancient craft ...

Nguyen Thi Bon, one of artisans of the centuries-old tussore silk weaving craft, does not remember exactly when she started engaging in this craft. A traditional silk weaving village in Nam Cao ...

In this episode of Crossing Cultures, we explore the ancient ties that bind both China and Europe and learn from the artisans keeping the craft of silk weaving alive. For nearly five thousand ...