The History of Silk Part 12 - 17-19th centuries
- jamessterrett48
- Feb 5
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 6

Silk production in the 17th and 18th Centuries was finally able to be farmed in Europe and in higher quantities which lowered its price. The British in 1851 created a London farm and used the Paraguay spiders from there colonies which is very beneficial. The Silk Woven on the Trees in South America was harvested which was very helpful and was able to be Produced in Higher quantities.
The Silk Industry started in the 1890s with the discovery of the Silk Spider in Southern America which could produce large amounts of Silk very quickly. In 1851 They produced it in the London Hyde Park Zoo inside of the crystal palace which works very well to produce it and they were able to farm the Paraguay Spider in Europe and it produced more silk then the silk that was produced in China and India.
The British did an Economic study on silk with there doctors which did not necessarily go to India and the Math produced it with the English professor Moore the silk moths worked very well together, and they studied the high production spiders. The house of spiders in Spain and the Spanish church looked upon the Branch of the India collection of Silkworms and the had purposed it to the females. The House of Spiders in South America had higher Silk Production than in Asia. The Silk Threads worked very well together and the spiders in South America in Spain and the Silk woven on the trees was harvested and made into fabric.
The Spiders in South America grew their webs upon the trees and the vegetables in the farms producing higher than average amounts of silk On May 16th, 1768, in Faenza the Bolognese water and insects in Paraguay produced high loads of silk and they spun it together.
Silk in the Colonial age of Europe was able to be farmed in Europe and in higher quantities with a bug that replaced the silkworm. The British did an economic study in Europe to produce silkworms and created Museums, Palaces and parks for them to be seen, researched, harvest and worked on. Paraguay had a new spider that was discovered in the 19th century that produced higher quantities of silk then the Asian Silkworm.
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