Nankin Buttons

Nankin Buttons
NANKIN BUTTONS
A term applied to waste silk containing portions matted together, in Nankin, China. The silk itself is white and bright, but irregular in length, and the hard buttons cannot be split into fibre and handled as the spinner desires.

Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.

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