Turner, Annabell · New York : D. Appleton and Company · leaf 100
86 THE STUDY OF FABRICS a design when the large part is pure silk or vice versa. Wash silks are often part cotton. Perhaps the most common mixture is a cotton warp and silk weft. By exposing the warp and weft threads separately the difference can often be detected readily. The following test may be… … Before After Charmeuse Messaline Pure Silks Before and After Burning Treat a sample with concentrated hydro- chloric acid (HCl). Silk will dissolve much more quickly than any other fiber. Other silks have been found to be adulter- ated with linen, also. This is not common, and may be detected by…
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