Made me look at what is right under my nose a sachet made by my grandmother from old silk it's ikat chine a la branche how old is this silk ? 1700s? where did my grandmother get it from an old dress?. You never know what you'll find in your sock drawer... ....
And in another cupboard an envelope with a skein of the first artifice silk made by my great grandfather a bye product in his search for a filament for his incandescent electric light bulb demonstrated in Newcastle before Edison.
