Author: Agnes Geijer
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers, Limited
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
This volume is a revised translation of the author's handbook which was first published in 1979. The book begins with basic technical data concerning materials, looms and weaves before discussing problems relating to technical developments. This discussion provides an introduction to historical accounts of special topics such as silk manufacture, knotted pile fabrics, dyeing, textile printing and pattern dyeing and the textile trade with the Orient.