In search of colour : ICI - Imperial Chemical Industries : 1949 : Monastral Fast Blue
One of the many books issued by the UK's then dominant chemicals concern ICI. Formed in 1926 by merger from four of the largest chemicals, explosives and dyestuffs companies, ICI was a vast organisation and even included its own in-house printing works. the noted and highly regarded Kynoch Press.
This book, that tells the story of colour dyes from antiquity to modern days, was published by the Kynoch Press of Birmingham, and designed and illustrated by Vernon Shearer and Arthur Smith for the Dyestuffs Division whose headquarters were in Manchester.
This page helps tell the story of an important discovery by ICI, at their Scottish Dyes subsidiary, of Monastral Fast Blue that was launched in the UK in 1935.
In search of colour : ICI - Imperial Chemical Industries : 1949 : Monastral Fast Blue
One of the many books issued by the UK's then dominant chemicals concern ICI. Formed in 1926 by merger from four of the largest chemicals, explosives and dyestuffs companies, ICI was a vast organisation and even included its own in-house printing works. the noted and highly regarded Kynoch Press.
This book, that tells the story of colour dyes from antiquity to modern days, was published by the Kynoch Press of Birmingham, and designed and illustrated by Vernon Shearer and Arthur Smith for the Dyestuffs Division whose headquarters were in Manchester.
This page helps tell the story of an important discovery by ICI, at their Scottish Dyes subsidiary, of Monastral Fast Blue that was launched in the UK in 1935.