Lightfoot’s process
Date
1874
Creator
Unknown, Artist
After
William Crookes (1832 - 1919, British) , Knight Chemist, Chemist
Library reference
34611
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 210mm
width (page): 130mm
width (page): 130mm
Subject
Description
Patterned calico plates demonstrating ‘Lightfoot’s’ style of dyeing.
Written of Lightfoot’s style: ‘The following method of applying indigo, simultaneously with mordants for madder and garancin, producing thus a variety of novel and striking effects, was invented and patented by Mr. J. [John] Lightfoot (Specification No. 3668, Sec. 26, 1867). The patentee prepares a pulp of indigotin and tin by any of the following methods […]’
Plates on page 592 of William Crookes’ A practical handbook of dyeing and calico-printing (London, 1874), which provided information about the chemistry and process of dyeing, specifically calico-dyeing.
Sir William Crookes (1832-1919), Knight chemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863 and served as its President between 1913-1915.
Written of Lightfoot’s style: ‘The following method of applying indigo, simultaneously with mordants for madder and garancin, producing thus a variety of novel and striking effects, was invented and patented by Mr. J. [John] Lightfoot (Specification No. 3668, Sec. 26, 1867). The patentee prepares a pulp of indigotin and tin by any of the following methods […]’
Plates on page 592 of William Crookes’ A practical handbook of dyeing and calico-printing (London, 1874), which provided information about the chemistry and process of dyeing, specifically calico-dyeing.
Sir William Crookes (1832-1919), Knight chemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863 and served as its President between 1913-1915.