Silk, Mohair, Cashmere and Other Luxury Fibres

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911006716903321
• Autore: Franck R R
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Burlington, : Elsevier Science, 2001
• ISBN: 1-280-37246-X; 9786610372461; 1-59124-772-1; 1-85573-759-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Collana: Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
• Soggetti: Mechanical Engineering; Engineering & Applied Sciences; Industrial & Management Engineering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Silk, Mohair, Cashmere and other Luxury Fibres; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Silk; 1.1 Introduction and history; 1.2 Silk fibre and its characteristics; 1.3 Silkworm rearing and cocoon production; 1.4 Reeling and yarn production; 1.5 Raw silk testing and classification; 1.6 Yarn and fabric manufacture; 1.7 The care of silk; 1.8 Sand-washed silk; 1.9 The market position of silk; 1.10 Silk production and trade today; 1.11 Silk producing countries; 1.12 Silk consuming countries; 1.13 What about the future?; Acknowledgements; BibliographyChapter 2. Mohair; 2.1 Introduction and brief history; 2.2 Chemical and physical fibre properties; 2.3 Fibre production and early processing; 2.4 Yarn and fabric manufacture; 2.5 Mohair production in various countries; 2.6 Marketing and cost considerations; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3. Cashmere, camelhair and other hair fibres; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Cashmere, Pashmina and Cashgora; 3.3 Camelhair; 3.4 Alpaca fibre; 3.5 Llama fibre; 3.6 Vicuña fibre; 3.7 Guanaco fibre; 3.8 Angora; 3.9 Yak fibre; 3.10 Musk ox fibre; References; Bibliography; Glossary; Appendix 1: International trade rules for raw silk and other products of ; silk (ratified by the Directing Board, 7 November, 1997 at Bangkok)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: Trade environment database Scotland and China and cashmere trade (CASHMERE); Appendix 10: Quality assessment of goat hair for textile useAppendix 11: Luxury flame retardant fabrics for aircraft applications; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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