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Claudia Kienzle: Leather dyeing recipes from the early 17 th century to the mid 19 th century in Germany Back
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Abstract: Based on 17 selected sources from the early 17th century to the mid 19th century German leather dyeing
recipes have been analysed. Natural colouring agents from plants and animals, pigments and synthetic
agents provided the colour for leather dyeing processes. Within this period the, up to the industrial
revolution, the leather dyeing process was manual work, being inextricably interwoven with tanning. The
selection of colouring agents was influenced by the establishment of overseas trade routes in the 16th
century, the changes brought by the enlightenment in the 18th century and the development in the wake of
the industrial revolution in the early 19th century. A selection of recipes was tried to prove the correctness
of the descriptions.

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  • academic institution: Technische Hochschule Köln
  • kind of theses:  Masterarbeit
  • main Tutor:  Dr. Doris Oltrogge
  • assistant Tutor:  Prof. Dr. Robert Fuchs
  • date:  2014
  • Language:  German
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