For a Tea-brown

Ingredients

• 15 pounds of cloth
• 4 pounds of alum
• 2 pounds of argol
• 6 pounds of madder
• 4 pounds of fustic
• 4 pounds of logwood
• ½ pound of copperas

Directions

1. Boil the cloth for one hour.

2. Add the cloth to the dye liquor and boil for one and a half hours.

3. Cool down and remove the cloth.

4. Add 4 pounds of logwood and ½ pound of copperas to the liquor.

5. Boil the mixture for half an hour.

6. Return the cloth to the dye and boil until the desired color is achieved.