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Dye Book

1898 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pattern book of dyes for cotton. Bound book entitled 'Farbenfabriken vorm. friedr. Bayer & Co, Elberfeld' concerning various dyes for loose cotton, cotton yarns and woven cotton fabrics. It shows various dyed samples which are accompanied by recipes using various of the firms dyes. These include Benzo colours, blue, orange, red, scarlet and violet, Pluto black and diazo fast black and katigen for brown, yellow, black, blue-black, green and olive. The book has printed end papers and is marked 'No 836 1900'. Metal fixing bars enable pages to be extracted and inserted into the book. The spine is marked with the manufacturer's name and the contents described as 'Cotton Colours'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven cotton on paper and printed and with metal fixing bars
Brief description
Pattern book of dyes for cotton, made by Friedrich Bayer & Co., Germany, 1898
Physical description
Pattern book of dyes for cotton. Bound book entitled 'Farbenfabriken vorm. friedr. Bayer & Co, Elberfeld' concerning various dyes for loose cotton, cotton yarns and woven cotton fabrics. It shows various dyed samples which are accompanied by recipes using various of the firms dyes. These include Benzo colours, blue, orange, red, scarlet and violet, Pluto black and diazo fast black and katigen for brown, yellow, black, blue-black, green and olive. The book has printed end papers and is marked 'No 836 1900'. Metal fixing bars enable pages to be extracted and inserted into the book. The spine is marked with the manufacturer's name and the contents described as 'Cotton Colours'.
Dimensions
  • Length: 10.5in
  • Length: 26.7cm
  • Width: 7.5in
  • Width: 19cm
  • Depth: 2in
  • Depth: 5cm
  • Weight: 0.94kg
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Farbenfabriken vorm. friedr. Bayer & Co, Elberfeld' (Title of the book)
  • 'No 836 1900' (Printed on the end papers)
  • Manufacturer's name and the contents described as 'Cotton Colours' (On the spine)
Credit line
Given by Dr Stanley Chapman
Object history
Registered File number 1985/845.
Part of the library of Thomas Wardle and until recently in the possession of the Wardle family and George Murfet (information given by Chistine Woods, before 1985).
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.174-1985

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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