An encyclopedia article on dyeing from The Americana (1903) that surveys the preparation of cotton, linen, silk and wool fibers, dyeing machinery, and the role of substantive and adjective dyes and mordants. It lists six methods of dyeing and gives 76 numbered typical recipes organized by color (reds, blues, yellows and oranges, greens, purples, blacks, drabs, browns) and by fiber. It closes with references to period dyeing manuals.

An encyclopedia article from The Americana (1903) surveying dyestuffs used to color textile fibers and fabrics. It classifies them as animal dyes (cochineal, kermes, lac, galls), vegetable dyes by plant part (madder, logwood, fustic, quercitron, safflower, saffron, indigo, woad, lichens, weld), and artificial colors (pigments and coal-tar series such as aniline, phenol, azo and anthracene colors). It notes the colors each produces, the fibers it suits, and its permanence or mordant use.