Wool Dyeing (First Edition) Edited by DM Lewis

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Wool dyeing 
Edited by DM Lewis
Published by the Society of Dyers and Colourists

Preface

One of the most successful textbooks ever published by the Society was C L Bird’s Theory and practice of wool dyeing, which first appeared in 1947 and eventually ran to four editions. Many important technological changes have taken place in wool coloration since Mr Bird’s book was published, including the advent of truly machine-washable wool with its stringent colour fastness demands and the increasing importance of environmental pressures, especially in forcing improvements in chrome dyeing procedures.

Wool currently accounts for about 4% of the total fibre market but is highly valued especially in terms of comfort and drape. This book will hopefully leave the reader with the impression that wool coloration is a lively creative area, which demands understanding of the complex nature of the interplay between wool fibre chemistry and morphology on the one hand and the coloration processes on the other. Each chapter in this book has been prepared by a specialist with extensive experience in the subject area. Thus the book provides source material for students preparing for the Society of Dyers and Colourists’ Associateship examinations.

The present book, entitled Wool dyeing, even though it includes a chapter on the important area of wool printing, is the latest in a series produced following the initiatives of the Dyers’ Company Publications Trust, established by the Society with the valuable assistance of the Worshipful Company of Dyers. The managing editor would like to thank his co-authors and referees, members of the Society’s Textbooks Committee and the Society’s staff for their valuable contributions. In particular special thanks go to Paul Dinsdale (the Society’s editor), to Jean Macqueen for her dedicated, careful technical editing, and to Susan Petherbridge and Elaine Naylor for their painstaking work on keying the text, preparing the illustrations and making up the final pages. The assistance of the authors’ employers in providing facilities and illustrations for inclusion is also gratefully acknowledged.

DAVID M LEWIS

370 pages, 1992, ISBN 0 901956 53 8

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