Explanatory notes
… 50.02 ‑ Raw silk (not thrown). This raw silk is obtained by reeling the filaments from cocoons. In practice, … forming each cocoon are very fine, the raw silk (grège) is obtained by combining several filaments (usually 4 to 20) … It is usually put up in long lengths either on conical bobbins, or in hanks (skeins) of varying weight and tied in …