In XIII century Venetian merchants encouraged silk growers to settle in Italy.
Province of Como was a source of the most valuable silk in the world. The wealth of Florence and Lucca was largely built on textiles (wool and silk).
In Italian, the name "Seda" does not have a specific meaning. It is not a common Italian name.
Yes and they do not shed at all there body is made out of silk.
Marco polo
so they can have one big orgy..
flour, grain, and silk
neither! he was an Italian explorer who traveled to china on the silk road.
All Italians eat pasta and pizza. All Italians wear silk clothes
Marco Polo...
There are a several number of materials that clothing is made from. These include simple fabrics such as cotton or polyester. They may also include silk, satin, and lace, flannels, Scottish tweeds and cashmere, French Gabardines, Italian pure silk and silk Mohair's many more
His parents were Giuseppe Marconi, an Italian silk merchant, and his Scots-Irish wife, Annie Jameson.
'SEY-tah' is how 'seta' is pronounced in Italian. The word means 'silk'. It's a feminine noun whose definite article is 'la' ['the'] and whose indefinite article is 'una' ['a, one'].
Very expensive indeed, in the 1460's French imports of Italian silk was running at 400,000 to 500,000 golden ecus a year, which converts to around one to one and a quarter million dollars in todays money. No wonder Louis XI introduced a silk industry in France.