A New Manual of 18th Century Dyeing Including Authentic Recipes, Explanations and Color Plates
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A New Manual of 18th Century Dyeing Including Authentic Recipes, Explanations and Color Plates
An original presentation of 18th century dyeing techniques. Based on the book of a Master Dyer in 1823
London UK — A Manual of 18th Century Textile Dyeing.
This book contains 174 pages, paperback with 15 color plates illustrating some 70 dye recipes. These are reconstructions from the dye recipes of William Partridge published in 1823 in New York. Partridge was a master dyer from the West country in England. He came from an established family of dyers. As he explains in the preface to his treatise that his was writing his dye recipes for commercial textile dyes in the United States, his adopted country. His purpose was to encourage and improve the standard of dyeing in the USA to allow his new compatriots to compete with established European methods. In the manual 170 of Partridge’s recipes are included with instructions for modern dyers to follow his procedures. Partridge states that he wished he could illustrate the colors from his recipes but before the invention of color photography it was hardly possible. This manual fulfils Partridge’s ambition but only 173 years later.
About the author
John Edmonds is a retired engineer in England who has researched textile dyeing in the 18th century and earlier for many years. He has replicated the methods used including imperial purple and woad dyeing. He provided dyed fabrics to the re-enactors at Henry V111’s Hampton Court Palace and for research in the European project into the conservation of medieval tapestries. In 2003 he was awarded the Open Prize for the Presentation of Heritage Research by the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
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