Calico Printing
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An 1872 article on calico printing from Great Industries of the United States. It traces the word 'calico' and the early history of printed and painted cloth in Egypt, India and Europe, including English restrictions on printed calico and the industry in the United States. It then describes the process: singeing, bleaching, mordants and thickeners, block, Perrotine and cylinder printing, dunging, and the madder, padding, resist, discharge and China-blue styles. Illustrated with an engraving of a shop scene and a factory building.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1872
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 10
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