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The development of textile industry has to do with the economic, social and cultural settings of the age. It sometimes happens that clothing material has considerable effect on the vicissitude of costume design.
The author tried to clarify the above conception, comparing various works concerning the development of silk manufacture and its trade at the Italian Renaissance.
This study shows the followings : 1) Florence silk textiles in the 15 th century satisfied not only the regional demand, but also the demand of the whole Europe. 2) The chief producing country of European silk textiles early at the Renaissance was Italy. 3) Italian, especially Florence silk gave a powerful impetus to the later development of European silk textiles.
Any grasp of Renaissance costume, therefore, cannot be complete without adequate consideration of Florence silk influence on it.
