(Q28408)
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Dyers--Italy--19th century--Manuscripts
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Dyes and dyeing--Wool--Manuscripts
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Dyes and dyeing--Italy--19th century--Manuscripts
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Dye houses--Italy--19th century--Manuscripts
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circa 1856-circa 1866.
19. century
1846
1876
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Extent: 1 samples ; 25 cm x 19 cm + 3 laid or tipped-in sheets.
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samples
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Nineteenth-century Italian manuscript on wool-dying. The manuscript is written in two different hands and appears to be working manual and color inventory of a dyer in mid-nineteenth-century Italy. The entries on pages [39], [115], [117], [178], and [205] are dated 1856, 1858, 1865, 1866, and 1859 respectively, suggesting that the notebook was used and added to over a period of time. It...
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Title devised by cataloger from bookseller's description.
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Place of creation based on language of item. Date of creation based on dated entries in text.
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Text block is severely warped on fore-edge and tail-edge. Joint connecting spine to front cover is cracked. Spine has loss at bottom. Front cover has damage along bottom edge. Some samples are have come loose.
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Pages [219]-[240] are blank.
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2 February 2024
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2 February 2024
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