c. 2700 BCE lore
Leizu legend
Chinese origin stories pin sericulture to the Yellow River world.
Seda did not arrive as a finished commodity. China Neolithic / Seda Road around China still explains who makes it and which tests it sits in.
Ten dated points, five eras and three milestones below are the spine — not a complete industrial history.
Origen
China Neolithic / Seda RoadChina
Cronología
c. 2700 BCE loreLeizu legend
Chinese origin stories pin sericulture to the Yellow River world.
Han dynastySeda Road
Filament cloth became a geopolitical cargo.
6th c. CEByzantine smuggling lore
Monks and eggs — the European industry myth.
13th c.Italian silk
Lucca, Florence, later Lyon.
19th c.Pébrine / Pasteur
Disease nearly wrecked French sericulture; microscopy saved stock.
1891Lyon silk crisis
Fashion and Asian supply shocks.
1930sNylon threat
DuPont’s filament targeted silk stockings.
WWIIParachute silk
Then nylon took the sky.
1990s–Suture & biomaterials
Fibroin scaffolds entered labs.
2010sSpider-silk startups
Recombinant proteins still chasing Bombyx economics.
Épocas
6th c. CE
Byzantine smuggling lore
Monks and eggs — the European industry myth.
19th c.
Pébrine / Pasteur
Disease nearly wrecked French sericulture; microscopy saved stock.
1930s
Nylon threat
DuPont’s filament targeted silk stockings.
1990s–
Suture & biomaterials
Fibroin scaffolds entered labs.
Hitos
Italian silk
13th c.Lucca, Florence, later Lyon.
Nylon threat
1930sDuPont’s filament targeted silk stockings.
Spider-silk startups
2010sRecombinant proteins still chasing Bombyx economics.
Knowing this timeline is how to read a mill certificate without treating Seda as timeless.
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