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Indigo

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  • L'art de l'indigotier / Par M. de Beauvais.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, a vat and other utensils for indigo. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Pigments: a mill for grinding colours, and an indigo grinding mill. Engraving by H. Mutlow.
  • Pigments: mills for grinding colours, and a man grinding at a muller, with a ventilator hood above. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.
  • Dyeing: vats and cauldrons for extracting indigo. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.
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Catalogue

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    Pigments: a mill for grinding colours, and an indigo grinding mill. Engraving by H. Mutlow.

    | Date: 1824 | Reference: 45420i
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    La Chine : son histoire, ses ressources / Louis Strauss.

    Strauss, Louis. | Date: 1874
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    Traité sur le pastel et l'extraction de son indigo / Par m. Giobert.

    Giobert, Giovanni Antonio, 1761-1834. | Date: 1813
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    Plants, fish and a landscape from the East Indies, including pepper, cocoa, indigo and coffee plants. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.

    Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727. | Date: [1718] | Reference: 20209i
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    L'art de l'indigotier / Par M. de Beauvais.

    Beauvais-Raseau, de. | Date: [1770]
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