A tabular overview of the field of substantive cotton dyes. Substantive dyes, also referred to as direct dyes, become chemically fixed to the fiber without the aid of a mordant. Contains dyed and mounted cotton samples.

The fifth edition of a work on dyeing and printing with aniline dyes on fabric, cotton, and silk. Contains 84 colored fabric samples. Only dye samples have been digitized.

Sample book of dyed materials from Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.—the first incarnation of the modern pharmaceutical company Bayer AG established to manufacture and sell synthetic dyestuffs. The book…

Sample book from the Bayer Company, Inc. — the North American extension of the German company, Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.—containing mounted dyed yarn and cotton thread samples. Bayer & Co. was the first…

Sample book containing paper samples colored with dyestuffs manufactured by the National Aniline & Chemical Company, Inc. The colors are categorized into three groups: acid colors, basic colors, and direct colors.…

The third edition of a work on dyeing and printing with aniline dyes on fabric, cotton, and silk. Contains 88 colored fabric samples. Only dye samples have been digitized.

Sample book containing 495 cotton samples dyed with Friedrich Bayer & Co. brand benzidine-based dyes. Benzidine is a synthesized substance that was commonly used in the preparation of direct dyes, or dyes which do not…

Sample book illustrating the application of National Chrome Dyes to woolen fabric by three methods, the "After-Chrome," "Chrome-Bottom," and "Ortho-Chrome" processes. Each process is described and 139 dyed woolen…

In this interview Sidney Edelstein begins with his family life in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and includes his early education and experiences at the Baylor School in Chattanooga. He describes his undergraduate career at…

Three small squares of gray fabric placed under different lighting conditions to demonstrate the phenomena of metamerism. From left to right, the fabric samples are placed under commercial fluorescent, daylight…

A spectrocolorimeter is a form of spectrophotometer that can calculate tristimulus values, or the the light intensity of primary color values in a sample.

A black, aluminum dye box with a pry-off lid decorated by green text and the Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik insignia.

Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) writes to the Henry H. Otters Manufacturing Company to discuss calculations concerning the proportion of arsenic in food dye.

Chandler was an American Chemist known for his work in…

A letter excerpt, likely by Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) in which he posits that time spent extracting trace quantities of Arsenic from food coloring dyes is impractical as the proportion of Arsenic is too small to…

A representative from the Badische Company sends Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) a sample of "Jelly Red" dye and a sample of candy colored with it. They have enclosed a copy of a letter from Coca-Cola bottlers and…

Notebook in which Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) has pasted an assortment of government regulations and other items of interest related to food inspection and public health. Alongside these printed regulations are…

R. E. Doolittle, Chief of the New York Food and Drug Laboratory, of the USDA Bureau of Chemistry, discusses Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) a method for the detection of Martius Yellow dye in coloring mixtures and gives…

Black and white photograph of a dyestuff laboratory. Pictured equipment may be dyestuff dryers.

Black and white photograph showing the interior of a dye laboratory of the General Dyestuff Corporation, likely in Providence, Rhode Island.

In 1856, while attempting to synthesize quinine, William Henry Perkin (1839-1907) serendipitously produced a synthetic purple dye that came to be known as mauve. The popularity and success of this dye in the textile…

A small, cardboard, Tintex brand dye box printed with an illustration of a woman holding a garment over a sink. Contained a small paper packet, pictured on the right, that contains the powdered fabric dye. Dye…

A small, orange, Tintex brand dye box with an illustration of a pair of legs wearing stockings. A folded instruction sheet is included in the box.

Dyes are charged, water-soluble, organic compounds that chemically bind…

A small gray box with an illustration of a woman holding a garment over a dye bath. Contained a small paper packet, pictured on the right, that contains the powdered fabric dye. Dye instructions are printed on the…

Red and grey fabric dye box with a paper dye packet containing Rit brand, all-purpose grey powdered fabric dye. All-Purpose Rit dye was introduced in 1941. This development gave the dye an affinity for synthetic…

Cardboard box which at one time contained two dozen, wooden dye containers sealed with paper labels. Each contained an indigo fabric dye puck.

Indigo is among the oldest dyes to be used for textile dyeing and printing.…