This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...This communication met with great approval, and some of the principal dealers in such articles, after inspecting the bonnet, declared that it was superior even to Leghorn in the fineness of the material and beauty of its colour. In accordance with this expression of opinion, the large silver medal and 20 guineas were ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...This communication met with great approval, and some of the principal dealers in such articles, after inspecting the bonnet, declared that it was superior even to Leghorn in the fineness of the material and beauty of its colour. In accordance with this expression of opinion, the large silver medal and 20 guineas were awarded to Mrs. Wells. William Cobbett was much struck with the importance of this subject, and printed an account of it in his Register. An importer of Italian straw then applied to Cobbett to know whether he could get any of the American straw imported. The result was that Cobbett set to work in his usual energetic manner to see if English grasses might not be used for the same purpose, and he thus opened up a fresh industry for large numbers of the unemployed, and received a large silver medal from the Society. (Jour. Slc. Arts.) The manufacture of straw goods in the United States commenced in 1804, at Wrentham, Mass. The output from the New England shops is now set down at 14,000,000 hats, and from factories west of New England nearly as much more, making in all from 25,000,000 to 30,000,000 hats as the annual production of the country. Dyeing.--As a rule, straw goods should be well steeped, and then treated with alum, orchil, and indigo extract, and yellowed with turmeric. The shades most in demand are black, brown, and grey. Black (for 25 hats): Logwood, 4 lb. 6 oz.; bruised galls, 17 J oz.; turmeric or fustic, 4J oz. Boil for 2 hours, and then steep in a beck of black liquor (crude iron acetate) at 4J or 5 B.; rinse in several waters, dry, and rub with a brush of dogs' grass, to bring up the polish. Grey.--This shade can be obtained only on very white straws. Steep in a bath of soda crystals to which a little lime water has been added, t...
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