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A lotus silk shawl in Vietnam. Lotus silk was first used to weave monastic robes as an offering to Buddha images or Buddhist monks, but is now also used for a variety of clothing types, including scarves and hats. [5] Loro Piana, a luxury clothing company, has imported Burmese lotus silk to produce jackets and other clothing products since 2010 ...
Lotus leaves are also used to serve food in various cultures. [65] A unique fabric called lotus silk, from the lotus plant fibers, is produced only at Inle Lake, Myanmar, and in Siem Reap, Cambodia. [66] This thread is used for weaving special robes for Buddha images called kya thingan (lotus robe).
Bijiyashanti Tongbram (born 1993) is an Indian female entrepreneur from Manipur.She uses lotus silk to make small mufflers and stalls. [1] Her efforts have attracted the attention of many people, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and Chief Minister of Manipur N. Biren Singh. [1]
Qiviut sweater worth about Can$900 in 2014. An adult muskox can produce 1.8 to 3.2 kg (4 to 7 lb) of qiviut a year. Qiviut is produced by the muskox's secondary hair follicles, which are not associated with sebaceous glands, and therefore is a much drier fibre than wool, having only about 7 percent oils.
20-22 denier-organized silk is used in warp, while twofold ply, very lightly twisted 30-32 silk is used for weft. The warp yarn cost Rs. 2900-3200 per kg whereas weft yarn costs Rs. 2400-3000 per kg. A single sari may weigh from 1.45 kg or more depending upon the weight of the silk and zari used.
Nelumbo / n ɪ ˈ l ʌ m b oʊ / [2] is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers.Members are commonly called lotus, though the name is also applied to various other plants and plant groups, including the unrelated genus Lotus.
Byzantine silk is silk woven in the Byzantine Empire (Byzantium) from about the fourth century until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. The Byzantine capital of Constantinople was the first significant silk-weaving center in Europe.
Silk was a common offering by the emperor to these tribes in exchange for peace. Silk is described in a chapter of the Fan Shengzhi shu from the Western Han period (206 BC–9 AD), and a surviving calendar for silk production in an Eastern Han (25–220 AD) document. The two other known works on silk from the Han period are lost.