Coal-tar colors; Calico-printing; Dyes and dyeing; International Exhibition (1861 : London, England)
Includes mounted specimens of cloth. Included are textile samples from Wood and Wright, Calico printers and bleachers, Manchester (England); Edward Schunck and Simon Pincoffs, dye chemists, Manchester (England); E. Brooke and Co., dye chemists,...
"An experience of several years as Principal of The Textile Department of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, has shown the author of this work the necessity and value of a Text-book on Textile Designing and Weaving. The...
Caption title; Contains 34 handwritten pages, with diagrams a large number of blank pages followed by a section of printed grids for weaving designs, some of which are marked (part col.)
Pigments -- Early works to 1800; Dyes and dyeing -- Early works to 1800; Paint -- Early works to 1800; Artists' materials -- Early works to 1800; Technical manuals -- Early works to 1800; Chemistry, Technical -- Early works to 1800
Signatures: A⁴ chi-2chi² 3chi²(-3chi1) B-T⁶ U² (A1 signed but otherwise blank); The second and third parts have separate title pages; Evans 25551; Rink, E. Technical Americana, 151; Bookseller's advertisements, pages 135 and 219-[220]
