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Japanese silk

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noun

  1. raw silk of usually high quality produced in Japan, used in the manufacture of such fabrics as shantung and habutai.


Etymology

Origin of Japanese silk

First recorded in 1870–75

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Mrs. Elliott designed her wedding gown when she married Mr. Elliott in 1973 — a light blue and white organdy creation with a bodice of Indonesian batik over a sheath of tan Japanese silk.

From New York Times Feb. 5, 2024

One recommendation is Sea Garden, an aquatic print inspired by a 17th-century Japanese silk.

From New York Times Apr. 21, 2022

He wears a teal Japanese silk robe, a style favored by Dutch burghers in the late 17th century.

From New York Times Nov. 20, 2010

The town's two big cotton and silk mills, supplied by Japanese silk and imported cotton from the U.S., shut down because the Communists did not know how to operate them, could not get new supplies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Printed on Japanese silk paper, and mounted on cardboard.

From Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church by Ruskin, John

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