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Dye recipe book for cotton and wool

Book with handwritten dye recipes from the Driessen collection, library Textielmuseum Tilburg. Dated 1816-1836. Likely author foreman Faes of De Heyder & Co in Lier (BE) and Leiden (NL), the later Leidsche Katoenmaatschappij (Leiden Cotton [printing] Company). BTMM0160.

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    This recipe book stems from the collection of the library of Het Textielmuseum (the Textile Museum) in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The book is part of the Driessen collection, brought together by Louis André Driessen (1890-1954), the last director of the Leidsche Katoenmaatschappij (Leiden Cotton Printing Company) and colorist.

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