Silk, mohair, cashmere and other luxury fibres

Although none of the luxury fibres, including silk, is produced in large quantities, their particular and unique qualities of fineness, softness, warmth and pleasurable handle mean that they occupy a very important place in the luxury apparel and fine furnishing trades. This book covers all aspects...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author Textile Institute (Manchester, England)
Other Authors Franck, Robert R.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, FL : Cambridge, Eng. : CRC Press ; Woodhead Pub., 2001.
SeriesWoodhead Publishing Limited series on fibres.
Subjects
Textile fibers.
Textile fabrics.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781591247722
9781855737594
9781855735408
9780849313110
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xi, 247 pages) : illustrations.

Cover

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Silk; 2 Mohair; 3 Cashmere camelhair and other hair fibres; References; Bibliography; Glossary; Appendix 1 International trade rules for raw silk and other products of silk; Appendix 2 Spider silk; Appendix 3 Composition of mohair fibres and of amino acids; Appendix 4 Mohair yarn spinning and properties; Appendix 5 Mohair fibre and fabric properties; Appendix 6 Mohair dyeing and finishing; Appendix 7 Mohair product list; Appendix 8 Rules for the use of the Mohair trade mark (label); Appendix 9 Scotland and China and cashmere trade.

Similar Items