Dyes and dyeing
Dyes and Dyeing is a 1913 New York trade-practical manual by Charles Ernest Pellew, Viscount Exmouth, written for dyers and general readers interested in colouring textiles. Its four pictures include a plate of indigo-dyed batik from Madras showing peacocks and foliage in blue-green, a small carved seal or stamp, a black-and-white bird-and-bamboo block print, and a metal dyeing pipe or ladle. A designer could take from the batik its repeating peacock motif and tonal blue-green palette, and from the bamboo print its bold black silhouette.
