Silk Throwing was practiced in France since the 15 th century and instituted in Taulignan in the 1840’s.An essential stage for conditioning the thread to be used for weaving, it consists to twisting the thread to increase it’s strength and improve it’s appearance. Since 1730, silk throwers used round wooden mills, and later used oval mills. The process allowed the fabrication of different types of thread, like veil, organdine, crepe and grenadine…