[ Instructions for Dying Silk ]
Date: Late 18th or early 19th century; exact date unknown.
Publication Format
Manuscript
Type
Household
Miscellaneous
Ingredients
logwood dye
dogwood dye
alum water
salt water
gum arabic
Places
Nova Scotia
Source:
Militia Regulations Book
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives
| Reference: MG 100 Vol. 1 No. 5 / Microfilm Reel 786
Description
A method for dying silk pasted in the pages of a book of Militia Regulations.
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Transcription
Dip the silk first in the logwood [dogwood] dye & then
in Allum Water, then rinse it well in Salt Water,
& disolve an Ounce of Gum Arabic in a little water
and dip it all in, dry it slowly in the House &
Iron it quickly.
Annotations
Logwood produces black dye. The writer may also mean "dogwood," which makes blue dye.
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