While the tannins can be used alone with an iron mordant for producing greyish to black shades, the dyewoods alone yield colors which would be too bright to be suitable for dyeing furs.
It is to the combined effects of the tannin substances and the dyewoods that furs dyed with vegetable dyes owe their beauty of color, lustre, naturalness of shade, permanence of the dyeing, and durability of the leather.
The substances of vegetable origin used in modern fur dyeing may be grouped into two classes, one, the tannin-containing materials, and the other, the dyewoods proper.
The colouring matters contained in thesedyewoods have not been exhaustively examined.
Owing to the fugitive character of all the colours to light, these dyewoods are now comparatively little employed in dyeing.
All the dyewoods are nearly £2 per ton higher than last year.
Russia imports dyewoods and dye-stuffs to the value of five millions and a half of silver roubles annually.
This island, however, ships dyewoods annually to the amount of £2,000.
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