Japanese raw silk also proved to be of the best quality on the world market.

After drying the raw silk is packed according to quality.

Various steps are being taken to relieve these difficulties, particularly the supply of raw silk.

The walls look like raw silk and the flowers are always orchids.

Ropes of raw silk dyed black, and I don't know what all.

I lay there, clutching the raw silk sheets to my chest.

Raw silk was imported from Japan to fill the void.

Her white, raw silk jacket was already sodden with sweat.

The silk at this stage is known as raw silk.

Raw silk was bought from China and made up into fine fabrics that commanded high prices throughout the world.

These were exchanged for local iron or raw silk.

Japanese raw silk was the most important export and sustained the growth of Japan's economy at that time.

Thus, after several years of declining demand, China's raw silk exports slumped in 1996 by 5 percent.

The bride glowed in her raw silk and lace dress.

Her frame was small, her arms looked frail and very white against the raw silk.

"I was redecorating, so he brought back these gorgeous raw silk curtains."

Despite a fairly active trade in olive oil, wine and raw silk, this department is also one of the least populated.

Pulling a singlet of raw silk over her shoulders, she slipped from the room.

In its original cocoon form, raw silk is bumpy and irregular.

The company buys most of its raw silk from China, paying prices that are about one-third less than it would have to pay local producers.

They darted about on the front of the group, their silver-leaf hair rustling like raw silk.

This process was called weighting, and by increasing the weight of the raw silk, the merchant increased his profit.

Raw silk bedspreads and linen blackout curtains that actually keep the light out.

Now completely stripped from its milky context, the syrupy raw silk is ready for spinning.

She bought half the raw silk in town, hired a score of bearers and off she went.