Gloss on Silk
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A short 1869 magazine article on how an artificial gloss is given to woven silk. It recounts the accidental discovery in 1663 by Octavio Mey, a Lyons merchant, then describes the finishing process: silk stretched between two rollers, coated with gum and dried over a tender of hot coals, then rolled under cylinders to soften it again.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1869
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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