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Batik and other pattern dyeing (1920)

Baker, Walter Davis, Baker, Ida Strawn, 1876- · Chicago : Atkinson, Mentzer & company · leaf 76

An illustration from Batik and other pattern dyeing, 1920, leaf 76
color dyed a pale yellow gray. The china silk handkerchief, page 74, is very in- teresting. The size is 17 x 17 inches with a one-inch hem. The area inside the hem was covered with wax, placed in a bath of cold water, and carefully crackled. It was then immersed in a blue dye-bath. After drying the… … BATIKED HANDKERCHIEF Page seventy-four

Batik · Dyes and dyeing

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