Silk, Mohair, Cashmere and Other Luxury Fibres
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Silk, Mohair, Cashmere and Other Luxury Fibres

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Silk, Mohair, Cashmere and Other Luxury Fibres

About this book

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 of the growth, physical characteristics, production, marketing and consumption of silk, mohair, cashmere, camelhair, Alpaca, Llama, Vicuna, Guanaco, Yak and Musk Ox fibres. The image of these fabrics is of course all important and the book describes in detail those rare occasions when a lower priced and lower quality version of a luxury fibre has damaged its overall reputation. Some natural fibres covered here including spider silk are also increasingly finding applications within the technical textiles sector where their high performance thermal properties and bio-mimetic qualities in particular, are very useful.This is an essential reference for all those involved in any part of the luxury fibre trade. - Covers all aspects of the growth, physical characteristics, production, marketing and consumption of silk, mohair, cashmere, camelhair, Alpaca, Llama, Vicuna, Guanaco, Yak and Musk Ox fibres - Describes the rare occasions when a lower priced and lower quality version of a luxury fibre has damaged its overall reputation

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Silk, Mohair, Cashmere and other Luxury Fibres
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Chapter 1. Silk
  9. Chapter 2. Mohair
  10. Chapter 3. Cashmere, camelhair and other hair fibres
  11. Glossary
  12. Appendix 1: International trade rules for raw silk and other products of silk (ratified by the Directing Board, 7 November, 1997 at Bangkok)
  13. Appendix 2: Spider silk
  14. Appendix 3: Composition of mohair fibres and of amino acids
  15. Appendix 4: Mohair yarn spinning and properties
  16. Appendix 5: Mohair fibre and fabric properties
  17. Appendix 6: Mohair dyeing and finishing
  18. Appendix 7: Mohair product list
  19. Appendix 8: Rules for the use of the Mohair trade mark (label)
  20. Appendix 9: Trade environment database Scotland and China and cashmere trade (CASHMERE)
  21. Appendix 10: Quality assessment of goat hair for textile use
  22. Appendix 11: Luxury flame retardant fabrics for aircraft applications
  23. Index