Application of dyestuffs to textiles, paper, leather and other materials (1920)
Matthews, J. Merritt (Joseph Merritt), 1874-1931 · New York, Wiley · leaf 28
e Greeks, at the time of Alexander the Great, were acquainted withthe art of d3eing wool in purple and other colors, and also of dyeing linenin black, yellow, l)lue, and green colors which were fast to washing. Plut-arch tells us that in Rome dyeing was carried on as a handicraft, whichNuma… … Fig. 5.—Dyeing Cotton Black. (Eighteenth Century.) The Romans were acquainted with a number of different coloringmatters, and divided them into major dyes and minor dyes; the firstwere used for dyeing garments for both sexes, whereas the second wereemployed solely for either men or women as the…
Dyes and dyeing · Textile fabrics
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