Name: Rose-wood Stain, Very Bright Shade — Used Cold
Ingredients: 1 gallon alcohol; 2 ounces camwood; 3 ounces extract of logwood; 1 ounce aquafortis

Rose-wood Stain, Very Bright Shade — Used Cold

Ingredients

1 gallon alcohol
2 ounces camwood
3 ounces extract of logwood
1 ounce aquafortis

Directions

Combine alcohol and camwood in a warm place and let it sit for 24 hours.
After 24 hours, add extract of logwood and aquafortis.
Stir well before use.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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Rose-wood Stain, Very Bright Shade — Used Cold