Abstract: Water soluble trisazo dyestuffs of the formula ##STR1## in which A is 1-amino-8-naphthol-3,6-disulfonic acid or 1-amino-8-naphthol-4,6-disulfonic acid, or a mixture of these two compounds, and B is 1-(3'- or 4'-aminophenyl)-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone, a process for their manufacture by diazotizing component A and coupling it with 3,3'-dihydroxy-diphenylamine to give a monoazo dyestuff, reacting this dyestuff with diazotized component B to give a disazo dyestuff, and converting this dyestuff to the trisazo dyestuff by uniting it with diazotized 4-nitro-4'-amino-diphenylamine-2-sulfonic acid, or by operating as described while, however, changing the sequence of reaction of component B and 4-nitro-4'-amino-diphenylamine-2-sulfonic acid, and use of these dyestuffs for the dyeing of leather and fur.

Abstract: Leathers can be advantageously dyed with water-soluble polyazo dyestuffs having, in the form of the free acid, the formula ##STR1## wherein A is a member of the benzene, naphthalene or heterocyclic series;B has the formula ##STR2## n is the number 1 or 2; m is a number from 1 to 4;X is hydroxyl or amino;Y is hydroxyl or amino but X differs from Y;Z is hydroxyl or amino unsubstituted or substituted by alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkanoyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or by a moiety of the formula ##STR3## R.sup.1 is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or alkoxyalkoxy having 3 to 7 carbon atoms; andR.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently of one another are each hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.