Suitable as a dye of silk and other textiles , it was patented by Perkin , who the next year opened a dyeworks mass-producing it at Greenford on the banks of the Grand Union Canal in London .
The dye turned out to be suitable for silk and other textiles . It was patented by Perkin , who the next year opened a dyeworks mass-producing it at Greenford on the banks of the Grand Union Canal in London .