The coal tar colours of Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius & Brüning, Hoechst on Main, Germany, applied in calico printing
A dye manufacturer's sample book issued in 1908 by Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius & Brüning of Hoechst am Main, showing its coal-tar colours as printed on cotton for calico printers and textile buyers. The 247 plates are mounted cloth swatches: stippled florals, rows of diamonds, dotted zigzag stripes and scattered spots, mostly pale figures on dense grounds, usable as repeat patterns and ground textures.
