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DYES, INDIGO 



that they were enabled to erect those stately buildings which 

 are still the admiration of the world. 



From Italy, Germany, France, and Flanders learned the 

 art, and in Edward Ill's reign a Guild of Dyers was formed in 

 London, but it was not until the reign of James I that we 

 began to practise the art to any considerable extent. 



INDIGO. FINISHING STEEPING VAT 



The dyes used were nearly all vegetable dyes, such as 

 indigo and madder. It was not until the middle of the 

 nineteenth century that Coal Tar dyes were discovered. 



Since then their use has become more and more extended, 

 so that most of the time-honoured vegetable dyes seem likely 

 to be ousted altogether. 



Some of them, however, still hold their own, and quite 

 recently vegetable indigo has begun to win back some of its 

 former renown. 



Indigo (from Latin Indicum, indigo, from Indicus, Indian). 

 Indigo is, therefore, the Indian dye. 



