Drying Silk Cocoons in India
A silk factory in India, showing the latest and most approved method. Cocoons exposed in the sun in large flats trays to dry the silk and also kill the grub inside each cocoon
Picture No
13465443
Media ID
47823906
Size
5599px x 4063px
(4.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph Bourne & Shepherd in The Queen's Empire', volume 2, page 151
Date
late 1890s
