Marc,
A photograph of an exhibit of Byssus (including the mollusk, filaments, and
sleeves made from it) is reproduced on page 114 of
Les Etoffes: Dictionnaire Historique by Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier & B.
Berthod,. 420 pages, 9 1/2 " X 12 1/2 " ISBN: 2859171754 (my copy is the
1994 edition but is recently reprinted as ISBN: 2859174184, something like
462 illustrations)
There is also a short article with four references. All are quite old
except for
"A propos d'une soierie fraçonnée dite bysus", C.I.E.T.A., 1983, n 57/58,
pp. 50-56.
As C.I.E.T.A. is the international authority on textiles, I would expect
that this might be useful. If you wish, I will scan the image and text from
Les Etoffes for you.
Beth Matney
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