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Colours Fast to Light for Staining Wood

  • Lichtechte farbstoffe zum beizen von holz

  • Colorants solides 'a la lumière pour mordants pour bois

  • 1911

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Sample book for dyeing solutions on wood from Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.—the first incarnation of the modern pharmaceutical company Bayer AG established to manufacture and sell synthetic dyestuffs. Contains dyeing instructions written in German, English, and French and twenty-three mounted wood samples on accordion-folded pages. Digital content includes all pages and a representative image of the full foldout.

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  • 21 cm H x 13.4 cm W (Folded)
  • 21 cm H x 81 cm W (Unfolded)
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  • Shelfmark TT345 .F37 1911

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Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co. Colours Fast to Light for Staining Wood. New York (State), 1911. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/q5rrjae.

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