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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluumz, post: 3922655, member: 649&quot;]I agree with Obb, the silk has shattered... or &quot;half-shattered&quot;, which happens when an antique fabric is made of half silk and half something else, such as wool. The silk threads have disintegrated, but the wool threads are intact.</p><p>This was quite common in the 19th and early/mid 20th century, when silks were often &quot;weighted&quot; with metallic salts which eventually destroyed the fabric.</p><p>(Some info and photo from <a href="https://www.vintagevixen.com/pages/what-is-shattered-silk#:~:text=These%20chemicals%20(usually%20metallic%20salts,to%20pieces%20of%20broken%20glass." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vintagevixen.com/pages/what-is-shattered-silk#:~:text=These%20chemicals%20(usually%20metallic%20salts,to%20pieces%20of%20broken%20glass." rel="nofollow">vintagevixen</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT: I&#039;ve found other sources claiming uni-directional shattering can occur even when both the warp and the weft threads are silk. The warp threads may shatter more easily due to them having greater tension.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0612/8133/files/shatteredsilk3.jpg?228" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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