Direct colors on cotton
A dyestuff sample book issued around 1900 by the Organic Chemicals Department of E.I. du Pont de Nemours in Wilmington, Delaware, for mill dyers and textile buyers choosing direct colors for cotton. The plates are cards mounted with bands of dyed cotton thread against cream board, graded by dye weight per pound, giving ready-made palettes of oranges, tans, browns and mauves with visible fibre texture.
