Vat Dyes on Cotton Yarn

Farbwerke Vorm. Meister Lucius & Bruning, Hoechst am Main

Published by H.A. Metz & Co, New York

About this Item

Folded case enclosure bound in pale bronze silk with white titling and embossed gold lion emblem to front board. Adhered inside to verso of front board is 3 pp folded pamphlet with "Directions for Dyeing" on front and "Table Showing the Reduction of Indigo and Helindone Colours" inside. Adhered to rear board verso is an accordion-fold 10-panel chart with 112 mounted yarn samples in a variety of bright colors. Front panel shows black and white illustration of Farbwerke Vorm. Meister Lucius & Bruning, Hoechst am Main, producers of these textile dyes. Verso of all panels blank. Light soiling and fading to some leaves at edges, faint dampstaining to cloth of front board, otherwise clean and sound with all samples present and in excellent condition. Seller Inventory # 772

Bibliographic Details

Title: Vat Dyes on Cotton Yarn

Publisher: H.A. Metz & Co, New York

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good