Mauveine dye
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Mauveine dye, a sample chemical from Edward Schunck's work on natural dyes and plant products, 1840s-1900. Mauve is 'a chemical history icon'. It was a commercial dye that achieved great success as a fashionable colour between 1858 and 1863.
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- Category:
- Scientific Instruments & Research
- Object Number:
- Y1997.7.1.271
- Measurements:
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Overall: 95 mm 28 mm, 47 g
- type:
- dye sample
- credit:
- Gift of The University of Manchester
