Coloristen en laboratoria: de ontwikkeling van het coloristisch werk in de Nederlandse textielveredelingsindustrie

Colorists and laboratories The development of the work of the colorist in the Dutch textile industry. The colorist(or textile chemist) in the middle of the nineteenth century was the person, who was responsable for nearly all the technical aspects in the calico-printing works. His work included the testing and examination of dye-stuffs and other chemicals, quality-control, trouble-shooting and in some cases research. An embryonic laboratory was required at least for some of these tasks. One of the first industrial laboratories in the Dutch industry was attached to the calico-printing works of... Mehr ...