The samples were from a German chemical manufacturer of dyes, etc. that soon thereafter became best known for one of their very different commercial chemicals: Aspirin.
The company is Bayer, known around the globe still today. (As an interesting side note, “Heroin” was a Bayer invention, and they held the trademark until World War I. It was marketed as a cough suppressant.)
Assorted vintage prints and patterns
Cotton prints — chrome mordant colors, slop padded and discharged with oxidizing agents
Vertical patterned fabric with dots
Cotton printing — chrome mordant dyestuffs, slop padded, printed and discharged with oxidizing agents
Multicolored floral patterns
Cotton printed fabric — alizarine red and aniline black ground, slop padded with benzidine colors
Small patterns & stripes
Mordant colors and benzidine colors on cotton fabric
Vintage fabric patterns
Cotton printing on fabric — alumina mordant dyestuffs discharged with oxidizing agents or with citric acid
Thanks to the NY Public Library archive
