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Different Types of Silk Fabric
Although you will find number of silk fabric but basically these are categorized into four major groups. These are
Mulberry Silk
Mulberry silk is the most popular of all categories of silk and produced by Bombyx mori L that completely feeds on the leaves of mulberry plant. Most of the commercial silk is made by this type of silk.
Tasar Silk
Mostly Tasar silk or Tussah silk is used to make home furnishing items. Tasar silk is made from the silk worm, Antheraea mylitta and instead of mulberry plant it is reared on Arjun and Asan plant. This silk is of copper color and less lustrous than the mulberry silk. Finer variety of tasar silk is produced by Antheraea proyeli J. which feeds on natural oak wood plant.
Muga Silk
Muga silk comes from Assam, India and produced by Antheraea assamensis silkworms which feed on the leaves of Sorn and Soalu plant. This silk is golden yellow in color.
Eri Silk
To get Eri silk Philosamia ricini silkworms are reared on castor leaves. It is also called Endi or Errandi.
From these four basic categories of sil the other silk fabrics are made, which are:
Camel Hair
Qiviut
Vicuna
Merino
Alpaca
Mohair
Llama
Angora
Cashmere
Cashgora
second rank for india as per the sale of silk.
25 varities of silk r found in india...
There are five varieties of silk moths found in India. These silk moths in India include the Muga, the Tasar, the Oak Tasar, the Eri, and the Muga.
India on the ancient silk road traded sandalwood for Rome's olive oil and Saudi Arabia's cloves and especially spices.
Mysore
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muga silk ,tassar silk,eri silk,mulberry silk
The different types of silk are : chiffon,china silk,crepe de chine etc
nope. it's obtained from different types of silk moths which feed on different types of leaves of specific trees, thereby producing different types of silk
There are four common types of silk moths. They are the bombyx silk moth, the antheraea paphia tasar silk moth, the muga silk moth, and the samia Cynthia eri silk moth.
Four types of silk moths: 1. Bombyx mori Silk moth 2. Antheraea paphia Tasar silk moth 3. Antherae assamensis Muga silk moth 4. Samia cynthia Eri silk moth
Yes
there are many types of silk such as Muga silk ,Eri silk ,Mulberry silk ,Tassar silk ,etc
INDIA is the only country which produces all commercial varieties of silk.
A unit of silk per se is a strand. Strands' length or ply, however, may earn it/them different names.
India
second rank for india as per the sale of silk.