Leather dressing, including dyeing, staining and finishing
A 1907 London technical manual by M. C. Lamb, published by the Leather Trades Publishing Co., covering the trade processes of dressing, dyeing, staining and finishing leather for tradesmen and manufacturers. The pictures are black-and-white photographs of factory interiors and halftone engravings of machines, including a rotating-drum leather-working machine, a stripping or setting press and a finishing machine with a figure beside it. Designers may draw on their stark industrial geometry, dense gear and belt detail, and period mechanical drawing style.
