1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

8b

about three

crape, sarcenet, cambric, &c.,

is

iin,

quarts ; for a larger dress, a proportionate quantity. The dyeing-utensils are simple, being composed of tubs, kettles, horse, or a couple of lathed benches, for the purpose of placing the goods upon when they come from the dye. The horse may be in form of a carpenter's stool. A doll, which is used for beating blankets, counterpanes, &c. in the tub, in order to clean them. For this doll some use an article similar to a pavior's mall, but of smaller dimensions : others have a circular pi^ce of wood, two inches thick, in which four legs are fastened on the under side, and in the centre a pretty long handle, with a cross-piece put through it to work it with. Against the wall or a post fasten a hook or a pin to put on your skeins, and with a small stick wring them out. In fancy- dyeing the various shades of cambric, a winch is put in frequent use. The liquor should always be stirred with a spoon, rod, or any thing that is clean, previous to the article being dipped in it, to cause the colouring-particles to be equally diffused, so that the article to be dyed receives its colour uniformly; and it ife also necessary that the article be moved in and out quickly, and opened to receive the colour more evenly. Colours generally look much darker when wet, therefore allowance should generally be made for drying, which should always be done in a warm room, pinned or stretched to a line.

No. 160. Aluming.

Is a preparation necessary for some colours in order to receive the colouring-particles, such as crimson