STRAW HATS THEIR HISTORY AND MANUFACTURE

FOREWORD

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I ORIGIN AND CLASSICAL HISTORY

CHAPTER II COMMERCIAL RISE AND GROWTH

CHAPTER III STRAW PLAIT—METHOD OF PREPARING THE STRAWS

CHAPTER IV STRAW HOODS—METHOD OF PREPARING AND OF WEAVING THE FIBRES

CHAPTER V STRAW PLAIT AND PLAITTING

CHAPTER VI DYEING

CHAPTER VII BLEACHING

CHAPTER VIII BLOCKMAKING

CHAPTER IX HAND AND MACHINE SEWING

CHAPTER X STIFFENING

CHAPTER XI BLOCKING BY HAND

CHAPTER XII BLOCKING BY MACHINE

CHAPTER XIII FINISHING. POLISHING. TRIMMING. LINING.

INDEX

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