Lyon. The silk industry.

This is the museum of silk. No pictures are allowed inside. 

I do not know when the industry began but it was raised to a great height by the French kings. All of this cloth was made by the workers who ate in the "bouchons" which were the eating clubs. 

From what we can tell, they ate all the "leftover" parts of the animals but their chefs created great things. The problem is Ed and I just can't do it. We've basically been starving here. 

This is a tour of the last "atelier" that made silk braid the ancient way, without computer. 

It was great.  I think the production of silk is gone from Lyon today but has been replaced by an industry that produces acrylic cloth.