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MISCELLANEOUS
VALUABLE
RECEIPTS.
89
No.
174.
Stone
on
Silk.
Take
the
coloured
gray,
(see
Receipt
'No.
171.)
Add
a
sufficient
quantity
of
purple
archil to
the
gray
liquor.
To
give
them
a red
sandy
cast,
add
a
little
red
archil.
Simmer
the
silk
in
this
a
few
minutes.
Rinse
in
one
or
two
cold
waters.
Dry
in
the
air.
The
red
archil
is
made
from
purple
archil,
by
adding
a
small
quantity
of
vitriol
and
water,
which
will
redden
it.
No.
175.
To
dye
a
Silk
Dress
Brown.
Take
8
ounces
sumach,
4
ounces
logwood,
8
ounces
camwood
or
madder;
boil
these
drugs
in
water,
then
cool
down
your
liquor;
wet
out
your
silks
;
then
enter
them
;
handle
well
;
wash
out
as
usual.
For
a
mulberry
cast,
add
as
much
purple
archil
as
may
be
necessary.
No.
176.
Drab
on
Silk.
For
a
silk
dress
:
Take
4
ounces
archil,
1
ounce
niadder;
enter
and
handle
the
goods.
This
may
be
saddened
by
taking
out
your
goods
and
dissolving
m
the
liquor
a
piece
of
green
copperas,
the
size
of
a
nut;
again
handle
in
this
liquor.
Or,
what
is
slill
better,
instead
of copperas,
use
a
little
pearlash
to
sadden
with.
8*