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Distinguish between the direct style and discharge style of printing? |
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Answer» The discharge Style: in the early part of the nineteenth century it was discovered , that it was possible by chemical means to bleach out or ‘discharge’ a pattern from an already piece-dyed cloth . This discharging process enabled fairly intricate and fine patterns to be printed, giving the effect of resist dyeing. The direct style: Until the advent of chemically produced dyestuffs there was very little direct printing. The exceptions were almost all pigment colours. These colours, unlike dyestuffs which stain the fibre of the cloth, merely coat the outside of each warp and weft thread, which comes in contact while printing. |
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