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Brussels colours dyed at Tariffville, Conn., circa 1840.

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Made by: Tariff Manufacturing Company (Tariffville, Conn.)
Date: circa 1840
Place: Tariffville, Conn.
Held by: Winterthur Library
Collection: Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera (Col. 50)
Number: Col. 50, acc. 2017x85.30a-b
Size: 2 volumes ; 20 cm
Themes: Woven carpet, Yarn & materials

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Tariff Manufacturing Company (Tariffville, Conn.). “Brussels colours dyed at Tariffville, Conn., circa 1840.,” circa 1840. Col. 50, acc. 2017x85.30a-b, Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera (Col. 50), Winterthur Library. library.winterthur.org/Record/vtls000110169.

Research notes

DUPLICATE: the database already had this item (record citing "2017x85.30a-b (ATHM 2009.33)"); this copy can be deleted after merging anything useful. Two dye notebooks. WinterCat: "Two very similar notebooks, both with paste paper covers and leather spines"; stationer's label of I. A. Whitcomb, Lawrence; "Gift of American Textile History Museum." Subjects: Dyes and dyeing -- Wool; Formulas, recipes. Why it matters: Woven carpet: wool dye recipes for Brussels carpet yarn from an American carpet mill, c. 1840 (the Tariff company's Brussels carpet era), relevant to Winterthur's ingrain/Brussels question. (Col. 50 is named as Winterthur's manuscripts collection by the call number; confirm.) Found: Winterthur Library catalogue (WinterCat), search "Brussels carpet", 2026-10-28.