Weighted silk is silk which has been treated to restore or increase the weight lost during the process of degumming. This processing started in the 19th century with vegetable-based solutions such as tannins or sugar. Chemical solutions based upon salts of lead or tin were then used, as well as silicate, phosphate of soda, and astringent extracts....
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Silk treated with metallic salts so as to improve drape and dye receptiveness. This was a common technique in Victorian times, but is rarely used anymore because the process causes rapid degradation of the silk.
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