Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by origin]
6. biological material
7. animal material
8. fibroinous material
9. silk (silkworm material)

Anotations

Scope note:

Waste silk; spun from the shortest fibers of the waste leftover after making the slightly more valuable schappe silk. The fibers measure 3 to 5 centimeters. This shows less luster than the unspun filament of the cocoon.