20/03/2008

Fur dressing and fur dyeing by Austin (1922)

Austin, W. E.; Principles and practice of fur dressing and fur dyeing, D. van Nostrand Company, New York (1922)
URL (Internet Archive)

Table of contents:
1. Furs and their characteristics
2. Structure of fur
3. Fur dressing: introductory and historical
4. Fur dressing: preliminary operations
5. Fur dressing. tanning methods
6. Fur dressing: drying and finish
7. Water in fur dressing and dyeing
8. Fur dyeing: introductory and historical
9. Fur dyeing: general methods
10. Fur dyeing: killing the furs
11. Fur dyeing: mordants
12. Fur dyeing: mineral colors used on furs
13. Fur dyeing: vegetable dyes
14. Fur dyeing: aniline black
15. Fur dyeing: oxidation colors
16. Fur dyeing: coal tar dyes
17. Bleaching of furs