Kiran Badola
The book discusses the Eri silk cocoon and production of the silk thread from it. Produced largely in the North-east in India, the silk, a staple fibre, has a special place in silk industry. The volume covers aspects relating to Eri silk such as sericulture and the production of different kinds of cloth with the silk such as shoulder cloth, scarves, shawls, coats, chaddar and neckties. With colourful illustrations of the silk thread and cloths of the silk, the ...