Publications, lectures and other presentations about Turkey red before 2020
“Dyes and Colors in the 18th Century: Historiographic (and Other) Problems,” Society for the History of Technology annual meeting, Lowell, Mass., (October 1994).
SUMMARY: Not available.
“Industrializing Color: Novelty and Improvement in the Eighteenth-century Color Industry” Society for the History of Technology annual meeting Detroit, MI (October 1999)
SUMMARY: As a topic of both intellectual and practical interest in the eighteenth century, color offered some well-known conundra. Intellectual traditions had long recognized a place for color within certain philosophical queries. As an inquiry with physics and mathematics at its core, color was an aspect of early modern investigations into light, vision, and sound. Color was a subject of recognized practical value as well. Concerns related to its employment in or on objects included the need for an attractive, well-made and reproducible result. The problems inherent in the demands of the coloring process were probably familiar to a greater number of people than the philosophical questions the subject incorporated.
“Colours and Colour Making in the 18th Century,” in Consumers and Luxury: Consumer Culture in Europe 1650-1850. Ed. M. Berg and H. Clifford, Manchester University Press (1999). Google Books
“Prussian Blue, Saxon Green, Turkey Red: Fashion and Colors on the 18th Century Palette,” Lecture sponsored by the Department of Consumer Affairs, the College of Liberal Arts, the History Department and the Art Department, Auburn University, Auburn AL (April 2006).
SUMMARY: Not Available
“Turkey Red: Technology Transfers and Changes, Imitation and Global Trade,” The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe. New York: Columbia University Press (2006). Gutenberg-e born-digital book
“Turkey Red, “Transcending Boundaries: The Ottoman Empire, Europe, and the Mediterranean World, 1500-1800 National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminar, Washington DC, 2016 Presentation
“Dye Technologies, Technology Transfer, and New Markets in Eighteenth-Century Europe,” in “Work and Use in the pre-Industrial Textile Industry,” on-site session at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Organized by Daryl M. Hafter and Sarah Lowengard. Society for the History of Technology annual meeting Philadelphia, PA (October 2017)
SUMMARY: In this discussion, I re-problematize Turkey red dyeing in eighteenth and early nineteenth century Europe through a closer examination of the relationship between production desires and realities, and contemporary technology and science. My goal is to move beyond the now-common-always-obvious discussions of the textile industry as global adaptor, innovator, and economic engine, and to consider the history of Turkey red within the dye industry as a viable model for the emergence of other new industrialization programs across time and geography. My presentation uses items in the Textile Study Room of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to highlight my thesis.
“Western Travelers Describe Foreign Textile Practices.” Technology’s Stories (Society for the History of Technology) June 23, 2019. http://www.technologystories.org/western-travelers-describe-foreign-textile-practices/.