A long French encyclopedia article on dyeing (teinture) from a dictionary of arts, manufactures and agriculture. It defines dyeing, surveys the textile fibers (cotton, linen, wool, silk) and the industries around them, and discusses theories of dye fixation, mordants, and the nature, origin and preparation of natural and synthetic coloring matters (madder, orchil, indigo, Chinese green, weld, fustic, aniline dyes and others). Later sections cover dyeing practice and machinery, with engraved figures of extraction apparatus, dyeing vats and wringing machines, and end with the relation of dyeing to printing (resists, discharges) and the analysis of dyed and printed colors.

Type

Article

Date

1891

Language

French

Pages

128

Archive notes

scanned from microfilm; poor quality