310 History of the Art of Dyeing, 



At last a Flemish painter named Peter Kloeck, who, du- 

 ring his long travels in various parts of the East, had learned 

 the art of giving the most beautiful colours to silk and woollen 

 stuffs, as well as that of dyeing scarlet, which he acquired 

 from the German inventor ^hom I shall mention hereafter, 

 returned to his own country*, excited as much attention by 

 his method as Gobelin did at Paris, soon brought dyeing into 

 repute, and continued to practise his art till 1550, when he 

 diedf. 



After that epoch this art was exercised by the Flemings 

 with so much zeal, that the Netherlands afterwards supplied 

 not only France, but even England and Germany, with ex- 

 perienced dyers. 



Dyeing seems to have been practised also in England at a 

 very early period, for in the 14th century Edward HI. brought 

 a great many dyers from Flanders J. Under Edward IV. dyers 

 were so numerous in London, that in the year 1472 they 

 were established into a particular company, which at present 

 forms one of the ninety-two incorporated companies, and 

 holds the thirteenth rank : this company has its own arms, 

 and its hall on Dowgate-hill§. 



After the discovery of America the new dye-stuffs begau 

 to be used also in England ; but here people were at first so 

 mistrustful of them, that under queen Elizabeth dyeing with 

 indigo was not only limited, but the use of logwood was en- 

 tirely prohibited, and it was burnt wherever it was found ||. 

 This prohibition was afterwards repeated, but it was annulled 

 under Charles II. in 1661. If 



* Beckmann's Technology, p. 64. 



f Mem. do 1 Aca'*. de Berlin, 17^7, p. 92, 



\ Rymer's Acta publican torn ii. p. iii. p. 68. 



§ Noorthouck's New History of London, vol. ii. p. 60L 



jl The Statutes at large. Statute 23 Eliz. c.9 ; an act for abolishing 

 of certain deceitful stufl' used in dyeing of cloth, &c. 



^ Statutes of Charles II. 13. c. 1 1. Frauds and abuses in his majesty's 

 customs prevented and regulated. Under this head the following passage 

 oceurs :— ,*' As it has now been found that our dyers, by diligence and 

 dexterity, have made such progress as to be able to dye with logwood 

 as good and durable colours as with other kinds of wood, the use of 

 this wood is in futui'e permitted." 



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