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Title: Alizarin, Alizarin Orange and Alizarin blue prints [exhibit card]
Date created: early 20th-mid 20th Century
Accession number: ITC 2011.25
Site Location(s): Created in - Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.7965, -1.54785 )
Place of creation: Made in United Kingdom - Leeds
Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/p15vh6cc
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/666312
Collection group(s): International Textile Collection
Description
Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 6 annotated samples of dyed textiles. Samples are attached to appertures .
the samples are:
- Print oiled calico with Alizarin, chromium, clacium, etc. for deep Claret; print weaker paste for light Claret; steam and soap.
- print oiled calico with Alizarin Orange, chromium, clacium, etc. for deep Browen; print weaker paste for light brown.
- Print oiled calico with Alizarin Orange; aluminium, calcium, etc. for Orange; print Alizarin Blue S, chromium etc. for blue.
- Print Alizarin Blue S, chromium, etc. for deep Blue; print weaker paste for light blue.
Pad with Alizarin Blue, S chromium etc, for light blue; steam, wash, dry; print chlorate-prussiate discharge; print Alizarin Blue S, chromium, etc, for dark blue; steam and soap.
- Print mercerised cotton with Alizarin Blue S, chromium, etc.
(Alizarin is an organic compound wich originally derived from the roots of plants of the madder genus)
4 samples are designed with flowers and leaf patterns and 2 are of stripes.
Exhibit card from original box entitled 'CPA Ltd/Alizarian Prints/ Indigo Prints (includes more Kashmir)'
Physical characteristics
Category: Textile
Technique: Textile-Dyed
Medium: card; cotton
Object: width 50cm height 68cm
Accession details
Accession number: ITC 2011.25
Accession date: 18/02/2011
Source: Transfer; University of Leeds, School of Chemistry
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