The dyer's hand-book : containing about 200 valuable recipes for bleaching, dyeing, & finishing, on the most approved principle : with patterns dyed from white by the process given to each
A practical dyeing manual by Frederick J. Bird, published in Manchester and London in 1875 for textile dyers and finishers, giving some 200 recipes for bleaching, dyeing and finishing. Its plates are actual swatches of coarse woven cloth tipped onto the page in indigo, rust, olive and brown, offering woven textures, frayed selvedges and a period dye palette.
