Workshop recipes
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works containing recipes of interest to machinists and other artisans. General recipe books are entered under Formulas, recipes, etc.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Dyeing book, 1754 - 1768
Item — Volume Col-50, acc. 62x31
Identifier: Col-50, acc. 62x31.1-.4
Scope and Contents
The volume (62x31.1) and the accompanying loose sheets (62 x 31.2-.4) compose Georg Timmich's collection of dye recipes for yarn and textile fabrics. Many of the recipes are accompanied by a swatch dyed to show the results. Toward the back of the volume, entries are made in a different handwriting of a more recent, probably 19th-century, style and spelling. The first page contains an ornate calligraphic verse "Alles mit Gott, So hat es keine Noth. Soli Deo Gloria" and the date 1754. Text in...
Dates:
1754 - 1768
Found in:
Winterthur Library
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Swatch book collection
Yarn sample books, approximately 1847-1854
Item — Volume Col-50, acc. 65x662
Identifier: Col-50, acc. 65x662.1-.7
Scope and Contents
Consist of 7 small (8-12 leaves each) paperbound volumes containing recipes for dyeing yarn, most of which are accompanied by a yarn sample in the finished color. Four of the volumes have printed covers indicating that they were manufactured in Boston or Waltham, MA as savings account passbooks in 1847, 1853 and 1854; presumably the dye recipes come from that area and time period as well.The writing seems to have been done by at least two different people. One of the following...
Dates:
approximately 1847-1854
Found in:
Winterthur Library
/
Swatch book collection