Arnold Print Works 1887 Turkey Red fabric samples

5/1/2017

1887 Fabric Samples from Arnold Print Works of North Adams, Massachusetts.
"Turkey Red" Oil Color.

While the label says Turkey Red, notice the word "oil" in the name. Oil Turkey Red dyes were partially synthesized, so they are not the older, much more complicated, Turkey reds seen in the first half of the 1800's. However they were more stable than the later synthetics. "Oil boiled colors" is another name for dyes in this category.

Top photo taken without a flash, bottom photo with the flash, but neither really captures the color perfectly.

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