Art of Dyeing
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A 16-page extract (pp. 31-46) on the art of dyeing from Dick's Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes. It opens with general principles of dyeing: preparing fibres, mordants and dye-baths. It then gives numbered receipts for preparing dye materials (annotto, catechu, indigo, tin spirits, copper solutions), preparing and bleaching cotton yarn, indigo vat dyeing, and a French process for Turkey-red. The remainder gives color receipts for cotton, wool and silk (blacks, browns, blues, greens, yellows, purples, crimsons, drabs) and for mixed goods dyed in one process.
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