American Nonotuck Silk Co. Corticelli Teachers' Silk Culture Cabinet related_ch2334-35 1787-1860) by descent to the

1787-1860) by descent to the present owner

and embroidered doublet

Richard Brettell

Royal M Manufacturing Company (Detroit

MAKER Maciel Silver Factory (Mexico City

American Nonotuck Silk Co. Corticelli Teachers' Silk Culture Cabinet related_ch2334-35 1787-1860) by descent to theDETAILS An antique cherrywood, glass topped specimen box from the Corticelli Silk Mills. It is fitted with bottles of preserved silk worms in their various life stages and examples of both raw and finished silk threads. Used for educational purposes by teachers. LITERATURE Silk: Its Origin, Culture, and Manufacture, (The Corticelli Silk Mills, Florence, Massachusetts, 1911), page 44, illustrated PLACE OF ORIGIN United States MAKER Nonotuck Silk