Silk production at Lullingstone Castle
Page from The Tatler reporting on the silk production there overseen by Lady Hart Dyke. Three million silkworms were cared for by a permanent staff of fifteen with twenty five of the castle's fifty four rooms given over to the work, which had increased due to the silk required for RAF parachutes. Lullingstone later provided silk for the wedding dress of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) to Prince Philip in 1947. The silkworms were imported from China rather than Italy - for patriotic reasons
Picture No
12699156
Media ID
46135443
Size
4281px x 5355px
(3.6MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Tatler', 7 February 1940, page 185
Date
1940
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