Port & River — 1900-1935
Sample, raw silk sample
Sample of raw silk from Bokhara (Bukhara) imported through the East India Docks. Bokhara was an important city in the Persian Empire and was situated along the famous Silk Road, the silk trading route that stretched overland from China to the Middle East, from where ships carried to cloth to Europe.
- Category:
- Port & River
- Object ID:
- DK88.116/500
- Object name:
- sample, raw silk sample
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- —
- Related people:
- Related events:
- Related places:
- Production date:
- 1900-1935
- Material:
silk
- Measurements/duration:
- L 425 mm, DM 46 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- —
- License this image:
To license this image for commercial use, please contact the London Museum Picture Library.