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Skein Dyed Yarn

  • 1928 – 1968

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Four skeins of yarn, connected in bundles of two. Each has been skein dyed with General Aniline & Film Corporation dye, 1% Acid Alizarine Brown RRL-CF and 1% Supralan Grey BRLS-CF. There is a paper label attached to each bundle that states the dye name and manufacturer.

Skein dyeing is a method of coloring yarn in which a skein, or a length of yarn wound in a loose coil, is immersed in a receptacle containing pigment.

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Gift of Robert Baptista.
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  • 3.5 in W x 5.5 in H
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  • Box 6W63.4

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Science History Institute. Skein Dyed Yarn. Photograph, 2022. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/i2opxra.

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