• Jean Hellot, Certification of the Prussian blue process. Several chemists tried to adapt the painter's pigment Prussian blue to uses for textiles. In this document, Hellot certified that Pierre-Joseph Macquer had submitted his process for wool- and silk-dyeing in October 1748, before abbé Menon presented his process at the Academy in April 1749.

Several chemists tried to adapt the painter's pigment Prussian blue to uses for textiles. In this document, Hellot certified that Pierre-Joseph Macquer had submitted his process for wool- and silk-dyeing in October 1748, before abbé Menon presented his process at the Academy in April 1749.

From The creation of color in eighteenth-century Europe by Sarah Lowengard

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  • European: 1400-1800
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