The dyer's guide : being a compendium of the art of dyeing linen, cotton, silk, wool, muslin, dresses, furniture, &c. &c. with the method of scouring wool, bleaching cotton, &c. and directions for ungumming silk, and for whitening and sulphuring silk and wool : and also an introductory epitome of the leading facts in chemistry, as connected with the art of dyeing / by Thomas Packer, dyer and practical chemist.
Alternate Title(s):
Title on printed spine label: Packer's Dyer's guide
Edition:
Second edition, corrected and materially improved
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Paternoster-Row, 1830.London : Printed by R. Gilbert
Physical Description:
[7], vi-viii, 156 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
A letterpress frontispiece includes seven color samples in watercolor.
Contents:
Chapter I. Introductory -- II. On dyeing cotton -- III. On dyeing silk -- IV. On scouring and dyeing wool -- V. On dyeing silk and cotton black -- VI. On dyeing cotton and silk.
Subject Terms:
Dyes and dyeing -- Textile fibers. | Color in the textile industries. | Parsonage, C. -- Stamp.