Dyed Wool - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 46344 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 122.00 ACANTHACEAE Baphicacanthus cusia | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Dyed Wool | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Dyed Wool | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Dyed WoolUse: MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | British Dyes Co | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/11/1927 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Letter dated 9 nov 1927 Three samples - Dark Blue - 17 may 1927, 9107, 4 1/2% Indigo (W Batts sample) One dip of 10 min. on medium quality yarn - 4 1/2% @ 5/- = 2.7 lb. Medium blue - 30 Sept 1927, 9114, one dip of 10 min. on medium qualit, y yarn in ..?.. with Cowans 1889 patent indigo. More than 4 1/2% of of good Kurpah, on Cowans patent was a distinct improvement on both the old fermentation and the Read, Holliday Vats. Bright Blue - 21 June 1927, 9112, 5% Indigo Carmine X on medium quali, ty yarn. 1 1/2 hours boiling with mordants. Sent by British Dyes Co in reply to a request for synthetic indigo ?, 5% @ 2/6 = 1 1/2 lb. | ||||
| Determinations: | 122.00 ACANTHACEAE Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Brem. 122.00 ACANTHACEAE Strobilanthus flaccidifolius Nees | ||||