Shimmering like spun gold, sea silk fabric is so lustrous that some believe it inspired the Greek legends of Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece. For centuries, artisans in the Mediterranean have ...
Grant silk reel; Cheney Brothers, ca. 1882. Machine for reeling silk, invented by James Munroe Grant, while employed at the Cheney Brothers silk mill in Hartford, CT. The Grant reel wound the silk in ...