Dyer's record book
date: label: Date
content: 1820–39
name: label: Maker
content: Edmund Barnes, English, n.d.
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Record book of dye recipes kept by the textile printer Edmund Barnes that was started in Bury, England in the late 1820s. The printer brought the book with him to Dover, New Hampshire in 1829 when he began working for Dover Manufacturing Company, later known as Cocheco Print Works. Barnes continued to add to the notebook through the early 1830s.
label: Description
content: The small book contains samples of printed cottons with handwritten dyestuff recipes, dyeing processes and finishing techniques. A small bill loose in back of book bears the name: William Barnes. Book bound in marble paper sides and leather back.
place: label: made in
content: Bury, England
label: made in
content: Dover, New Hampshire, USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Jaques Séligmann
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1950-99-1
objectType: label: Type
content: sample books
label: Type
content: Dyer's record book
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Label: leather binding, pen and ink on paper pages, printed cotton samples
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 21 x 16.5 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)