Calico Printing
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A dictionary article on calico printing from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary. It traces the history of printing figured designs on cloth from China, India, Egypt and Europe to the introduction of calico printing in England and France. It then describes the main printing styles (madder, steam, padding, resist, discharge, china-blue, bandanna) and the mechanical methods: wood blocks, copper plates and engraved cylinders. Two figures show calico-printing machines with pattern rollers, color troughs and prism-type printers.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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