For millennia the Chinese held the secret to creating one of the most valuable fabrics in history: silk—at one point worth more than gold.

In this latest installment of A Thing of Beauty, family and consumer sciences professor Dawna Baugh shares why feels the fabric, with its 5,000-year history loaded with mystery, is beautiful.

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