'Ultramarine blue, chrome black, and dichromate of lead’
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
Floral calico plate demonstrating the pigment style of printing in combination with the steaming style, using ultramarine, chrome black and dichromate of lead dyes.
Written of this style of pigment printing: ‘This style has in the last few years undergone a great development. When first introduced, pigment colours had a heavy, opaque, dull effect, and were besides, very liable to crack and peel off. These drawbacks have now been overcome, and designs are now executed in this style which have all the lightness and brilliance of colours formed on or within the fibre’.
Plate on page 642 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 this style of pigment printing: ‘This style has in the last few years undergone a great development. When first introduced, pigment colours had a heavy, opaque, dull effect, and were besides, very liable to crack and peel off. These drawbacks have now been overcome, and designs are now executed in this style which have all the lightness and brilliance of colours formed on or within the fibre’.
Plate on page 642 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.