Thread dyeing sample booklet : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking, English.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Cookbooks.

Recipes.

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Librarie Paul Jammes, 2024.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 bifolia) ; 24 x 12 cm (folded)

Production:

France, not before 1873.

Summary:

This volume contains 32 thread dye samples created and compiled by an unidentified creator, possibly for advertising purposes in France in the late 19th century. The samples are arranged on a fold-out pamphlet with seven panels, each containing four or five thread samples. The thread dye samples are arranged into ten categories: Rouilles au fer, gris ou sulfre de mercure, gris a l’oxyde de fer, jaunes au l’admiun, jaunes et oranges au chrome, bleus au cyanoferrure, bruns au manganese, cachou, rocou, and cachou de laval.The samples contain a combination of natural, inorganic, and early synthetic dyes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Cited as:

Thread Dyeing Sample Booklet (Ms. Codex 2246). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1501130717

Access Restriction:

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