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On the other hand, artificial silk smells like plastic when burned.

He was also able to successfully breed spider goats in order to create artificial silk.

In terms of price, Thai silk is usually 10 times more expensive than artificial silk.

Dupont's nylon was the winner in the quest to produce artificial silk.

In 1907 a new artificial silk was produced specifically for the manufacture of Plauen lace.

In contrast, artificial silk is machine woven, which means that every part of the fabric is identical and has the same color.

In the late 19th century, "artificial silk" was first made from a solution of cellulose in France.

A factory for making artificial silk opens at Greenfield in north-east Wales.

Despite a generally similar appearance, genuine silk has unique features that are distinguishable from artificial silk.

The head-dress and bouquet, fabric rosettes or artificial silk flowers were used to adorn the gown itself.

In 1923, mercerised cotton thread was produced, followed two years later by crocheting thread made from artificial silk.

He was expected to receive support from many Conservative supporters of free-trade who were also opposed to silk and artificial silk duties.

Ottoman made of pure silk is very expensive so artificial silk is used instead to create a cheaper alternative.

Dressed in an ugly bathrobe of wine-colored artificial silk, the lieutenant sat in his salon smoking.

Originally the bags were made by netting method using artificial silk yarn and other types of yarn, including wool.

Celanese acetate was introduced as "Artificial Silk."

The first artificial fiber, known as artificial silk, became known as viscose around 1894, and finally rayon in 1924.

The stalk is used to make paper, wallboard, silage, syrup, and rayon (artificial silk)."

Today mixed cloths are seen with cotton, gimp golden and silver threads, viscose and artificial silk.

These stockings were sheer, first made of silk or rayon (then known as "artificial silk"), and after 1940 of nylon.

It first captured the public's fancy before World War II as the "artificial silk" in affordable sheer women's hosiery.

He wore a cut-down woman's jacket in pale blue artificial silk, the sleeves hacked out and the front daubed with maroon circles of paint.

Printed and embroidered on artificial silk are rows of soldiers marching in tidy formation, although the restraint of the design plays down its militaristic emphasis.

He was the first one to patent the artificial silk but Georges Audemars invented a variety called Rayon in 1855.

In 1931, Ford hired chemists Robert Boyer and Frank Calvert to produce artificial silk.