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| Creator: | Lavery, R. |
| Title: | Dye Maker's Recipe Book |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1842-1845 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Book of dye recipes, listed by color. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
The recipe book owner was a cloth dyer in nineteenth century England and the United States. His name is written on page 114, but is difficult to read. It may be "R. Lavery." On this same page, the writer records some details of his life, stating that he studied cloth dyeing as a child at "Thompsons [sic] of Primrose Clithero [sic]," likely referring to James Thomson (1779 - 1850), owner of Primrose Print Works in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England. On the same page, the writer adds that his father moved the family to the United States while he was still a child. Other names mentioned in the book include William McMurry, May Lyons, and Ormerod Stout of Clitheroe ("My father borrowed money from him to take [us?] back to the U.S. and never paid him").
The Dye Maker's Recipe Book consists of a notebook of handwritten dye recipes, listed by color. Examples include "Madder Red for Platy Old Style," "Steam Pink for Machine" and "Brown Standard." Some of the recipes are accompanied by small cloth samples showing the resulting colors. There are also general notes about dying methods and diagrams of the machines used. Most of the book is undated, although a few years are listed, including 1842, 1843, and 1845.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Dye Maker's Recipe Book,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Purchased, 1968.
Created by: [Summit record]
Date: 01 Jan 2001
Revision history: 12 Mar 2007 - converted to EAD (MRC);
10 Feb 2010 - EAD updated (LMD)
