Cocoons processed before going to the mill
The Trinca di Dolzago facilities encourage, through those governing the municipalities of the Lecco area, the purchase of silkworm seed to produce white cocoons— a kind of cocoon originating in the far East and, since the 1930s, a strong competitor on the world market to the more widespread local species “Yellow Brianza”.
Credits: “Archivio storico comunale di Valmadrera