Silk, mohair, cashmere and other luxury fibres

Hardback  264 pages  ISBN 1855735407      £145.00

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.

Published in association with The Textile Institute

Contents

Silk
R Currie
- Introduction and history
- Silk fibre and its characteristics
- Silkworn rearing and cocoon production
- Reeling and yarn production
- Raw silk testing and classification
- Yarn and fabric manufacture
- The care of silk
- Sand-washed silk
- The market position of silk
- Silk production and trade today
- Silk producing countries
- Silk consuming countries
- What about the future?

Mohair
L Hunter & E L Hunter
- Introduction and brief history
- Chemical and physical fibre properties
- Fibre production and early processing
- Yarn and fabric manufacture
- Mohair production in various countries
- Marketing and cost considerations

Cashmere, camelhair and other hair fibres
J Dalton & R Franck
- Introduction
- Cashmere, Pashmina and Cashgora
- Camelhair
- Alpaca fibre
- Llama fibre
- Vicuna fibre
- Guanaco fibre
- Angora
- Yak fibre
- Musk ox fibre

Appendicies
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
Appendix 10 Quality assessment of goat hair for textile use
Appendix 11 Luxury flame retardant fabrics for aircraft applications
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