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The Crutchley Archive: Red Colours on Wool Fabrics from Master Dyers, London 1716–1744.

The Crutchley Archive is a rare book collection with over a thousand dyeing instructions and colourful dyed patterns from an eighteenth-century wool fabric dyeing business in Southwark, London, owned by John Crutchley and his family. Our research of the outstandingly detailed dyeing materials and me...

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Published in:Textile History Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 119 - 167
Main Authors: Quye, Anita, Cardon, Dominique, Paul, Jenny Balfour
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov2020
Subjects:
Dyes & dyeing
Cash transactions
Wool textiles
Rare books
Colorimetry
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