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Smith's Practical dyer's guide : containing five hundred dyed patterns, to each of which a genuine receipt is given : the work comprises practical instructions in the dyeing of silk, cotton, and wool, in a raw and manufactured state, also instructions for dyeing plain and mixed fabrics ... also receipts for making all the dye spirits with which to dye every colour in the work (1880)

Smith, David, pattern dyer · London : Simpkin, Marshall & Co. · leaf 103

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LOW. Sumac and Spirit,” then dye off at boil in the Phosphine vat. No. 229. 10 P {■cces, FULL ANILINE CRIMSON. First dye the Worsted with i lb. of Aniline Crimson, Then “Sumac and Spirit,” Then dye the Cotton by running 8 ends in the Crimson Vat. Make up a Crimson Vat as follows: — add 4 lbs.…

Dyes and dyeing · Color in the textile industries

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