Dyeing Collection (page 2)

Fragment (From a Quilt), France, 18th century. Creator: Fauquet-Lemaitre
Fragment (From a Quilt), France, 18th century

Fragment, France, c. 1790. Creator: Produced by Manufacture Blanc
Fragment, France, c. 1790

Jingoji Sutra, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Jingoji Sutra, 12th century

Cloth-Stretcher, from the series "Twelve Types of Womens Handicraft (Fujin)
Cloth-Stretcher, from the series " Twelve Types of Womens Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni ko)", Japan, c. 1798/99

Hanging up dyed cloth, Japan, c. 1805. Creator: Hokusai
Hanging up dyed cloth, Japan, c. 1805

Doing the Laundry by the Well Curb (Idobata no sentaku to araihari), c. 1795

Panels, France, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Panels, France, 18th century

Burnoose, Narrow Shawl, or Scarf, France, c. 1862. Creator: Unknown
Burnoose, Narrow Shawl, or Scarf, France, c. 1862

Les Travaux de la Manufacture (The Activities of the Factory) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1783/84. Dyeing and printing of mass-produced textiles

Mantle, Peru, AD 600 / 800. Creator: Unknown
Mantle, Peru, AD 600/800

Fragment, Peru, A. D. 600 / 800. Creator: Unknown
Fragment, Peru, A.D. 600/800

Head Scarf, India, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Head Scarf, India, 19th century

Gemini VI recovery, Atlantic Ocean, December 16, 1965. Creator: NASA
Gemini VI recovery, Atlantic Ocean, December 16, 1965. A helicopter hovers over the Gemini VI spacecraft after it splashed down 12 miles from the aircraft carrier USS Wasp in the western Atlantic

Cooper and Conrad await recovery relicopter, 1965. Creator: NASA
Cooper and Conrad await recovery relicopter, 1965. Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles " Pete" Conrad Jr. exit their spacecraft after splashdown of the Gemini 5 spacecraft

Gemini VIII splashdown, Armstrong and Scott with hatches open, March 16, 1966. Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R. Scott sit with their spacecraft while awaiting the arrival of the recovery

Navy frogmen swim to spacecraft to begin retrieval, Pacific Ocean, 1963. Creator: NASA
Navy frogmen swim to spacecraft to begin retrieval, Pacific Ocean, 1963. U.S. Navy frogman, deployed from the hovering helicopter, swims next to the spacecraft and makes contact with astronaut L

Uchikake, Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), 1775 / 1800. Creator: Unknown
Uchikake, Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), 1775/1800

Hitoe, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)/ Taisho period (1912-1926), c. 1900/16. Creator: Unknown
Hitoe, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)/ Taisho period (1912-1926), c. 1900/16

Donuki, Japan, 1883 / 1900, Meiji period (1868-1912). Creator: Unknown
Donuki, Japan, 1883/1900, Meiji period (1868-1912)

Robe, Japan, late Edo period (1789-1868) / Meiji period (1868-1912), 19th century
Robe, Japan, late Edo period (1789-1868)/ Meiji period (1868-1912), 19th century

Attus Amip (Mans Coat), Japan, late Edo period (1789-1868), c. 1860. Creator: Unknown
Attus Amip (Mans Coat), Japan, late Edo period (1789-1868), c. 1860. Fibre made from the inner bark of the ohyo tree, a member of the elm family

Loop-Handled Dish, England, 1902 / 03. Creator: Charles Robert Ashbee
Loop-Handled Dish, England, 1902/03

Jacket, Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), 1775 / 1825. Creator: Unknown
Jacket, Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), 1775/1825

Part of an inlay: a wing form. Cut with a die, Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period, 305 BCE-14 CE

The Dyer, 1879-1880. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The Dyer, 1879-1880

Long House - Dyers - Amsterdam, 1889. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Long House - Dyers - Amsterdam, 1889

Indigo Vats, 1850s. Creator: Captain R. B. Hill
Indigo Vats, 1850s

Thrift rug, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Thrift rug, 1943. Made from vegetable dyed woollen scraps by a member of a Shropshire Institute. Woven rug made from recycled materials during the Second World War

Trade card for a dyers shop, 18th century, (1948). Creator: Unknown
Trade card for a dyers shop, 18th century, (1948). John Wildblood at the Rainbow & 3 pidgons [sic] in St Clements Lane In Lombard Street London who Married the Widdow Harrinton, Silk Dyer

Dyers and cleaners shop front, 480 Fulwood Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, January 1967. A typical mid 1960s shop front

Crack detection on steel bars at J Beardshaw & Sons, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A dye penetrant is poured onto the steel

Polo in Persia in the 10th century (1938). The white horse has been dyed with red henna. Found in the collection of the British Museum

Marcellin Berthelot, French organic chemist and politician, 1903. Pierre-Eugene Marcellin Berthelot (1827-1907) worked on explosives and dyes

Advert for Twink dye, 1922. A print from The Sphere, 27th November 1922

Dyer, 16th century (1849). Artist: Jost Amman
Dyer, 16th century (1849). A 19th century version based on an original 16th century wood engraving. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud

August Wilhelm von Hofmann, 19th century German organic chemist, (1900). Through his work on coal-tar derivatives, Hofmann (1818-1892)

Preparing indigo, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Pierre Eugene Marcellin Berthelot, French organic chemist and politician, c1885. Artist: Pierre Petit
Pierre Eugene Marcellin Berthelot French organic chemist and politician, c1885. Berthelot (1827-1907) worked on explosives and dyes

August Wilhelm Hofmann, German organic chemist, 1854-1860. Through his work on coal-tar derivatives, Hofmann (1818-1892) in 1858 obtained aniline dye magenta or fuschine

Cochineal and lac insects, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Cochineal and lac insects, c1850. Varnish and scarlet dye are derived from the lac insect native to parts of Asia, and a red colour from the cochineal insect of South America

Producing indigo dye with slave labour: West Indies or Central America, 1725. Indigo tinctoria is cut, tied in bundles, steeped in water and fermented in the centre tank

Charles Plumier, French friar, botanist and botanical explorer, 1762. Plumier (1646-1702) was born in Marseilles. Appointed royal botanist by Louis XIV in 1693

Marking sheep after shearing with Lanolin dye, Lake District, c1960. Artist: CM Dixon
Marking sheep after shearing with Lanolin dye, Lake District, c1960. Huge numbers of sheep are reared on the hill farms and moorlands of Cumbria, principally for their meat (lamb and mutton)

Murex, c1890. The mollusc which inhabited this shell was the source of Tyrian Purple dye

Dyers immersing bolt of cloth in vat of dye placed over a fire, 15th century. At the bottom right is a bundle of sticks (faggots) ready to be added to the fire. From the British Museum

Spectroscopy. A spectrosopist observing (top). At the bottom, from left to right; absorption spectra of indigo, chromic chloride and magenta

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