Samples code | Date | Label | Tentative translation | Colorants identified | Dating/recipe |
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F1* | 1899 | Echantillon de Carmin B (2 Mars 99) | Sample of carmine B (2 March, 1899) | Carminic acid(a) + carminic acid NH (c)3 + Acid Red 73(a) | AR73 since 1882 |
F2* | Laque de garance 334 B4 981 15-11-21 | Madder lake 334 B4 981 15-11-21 | Pigment Red 84(c) | PR84 since 1884 | |
F3* | Laque de garance Cramoisie No 3 | Crimson madder lake No 3 | Purpurin(a) + pseudopurpurin(a) | Kopp’s purpurin | |
F4* | Garance PMC5 nouvelle 3464 serie 902 A2 | New madder PMC5 3464, series 902 A2. | Pigment Red 84(c) | PR84 since 1884 | |
F5* | 1914 | Assiette à Dorer Rouge vif. 1914 | Bright red gilding bole. 1914 | Acid Red 9(c) or Acid Brown 6(c) | AR9 since 1877, AB6 since 1878 |
F6 | Laque de garance Rose S. No 1 | Rose madder lake S. No 1 | Alizarin(a) + purpurin(a) | Garancine since 1828 | |
F7* | 1899 | Laque de garance Ponceau No 1 Nov. 1899 | Poppy red madder lake No 1 November 1899 | Pseudopurpurin(a) + purpurin(a) (+anthragallol(a) + alizarin(a)) | Natural from madder |
F8* | 1905 | Laque de Garance Rose Prun pour aquarelle Mars 1905.525 | Plum pink madder lake for watercolours March 1905.525 | Alizarin(a) | Most probably synthetic alizarin (available since 1868) |
F9* | Garance PTF. No 2 nouvelle 635 | New madder PTF. No 2 635 | Pigment Red 84(c) | PR84 since 1884 | |
F10* | 1900 | Carmin fin Mai 1900 | Excellent carmine, May 1900 | Carminic acid(a) + carminic acid NH (c)3 + Acid Red 73(a) | AR73 since 1882 |
F11 | Pourpre Impérial (…) B | Imperial purple (…) B | Insoluble in DMSO and in acidic or alkaline water solutions | ||
F12* | Laque de garance Brun. Rouge | Dark red madder lake | Alizarin(a) + purpurin(a) | Garancine since 1828 | |
F13 | Vermillon pur No 1 pour filets (orlèans) 2038 | Pure vermilion No 1 for «nets?» (Orlèans) 2038 | HgS [26] | ||
F14 | Pourpre Impérial C [aniline?] | Imperial purple C [aniline]? | Insoluble in DMSO and in acidic or alkaline water solutions | ||
F15* | 1895 | Carmin huile 1895 d’après modification de 1892 | Carmine oil 1895 after the 1892 modification | Carminic acid(a) + carminic acid NH (c)3 | Special extraction of carminic acid |
F16* | Laque Carminée rose No 1 | Pink carmine lake No 1 | Carminic acid(a) + carminic acid NH (c)3 | Special extraction of carminic acid | |
F17* | 1890 | Purpurine G 1890 | Purpurin G 1890 | Pseudopurpurin(a) + munjistin(a) + alizarin(a) + purpurin(a) | Kopp’s purpurin? or madder? |
F18* | 1910 | Laq. Carminée Surfin Violette Juin 1910. 1170 | Carmine lake of superior quality June 1910.1170 | Carminic acid(a) + dcIV(a) + kermesic acid(a) | Natural from cochineal |
F19* | 1895 | [La]que de Garance Série Rouge No 1. 1895 | Madder [la]ke Red series No 1. 1895 | Pseudopurpurin(a) + purpurin(a) (+alizarin(a)) | Kopp’s purpurin |
F20* | Laque d’office No 6 | Lake for office No 6 | Redwood marker type A [39] | Natural from brazilwood | |
P.5 | Carmin No 6 | Carmine No 6 | Carminic acid(a) + carminic acid NH (c)3 | Special extraction of carminic acid | |
P.8 | 1926 | Laque Geranium 2 B. 131. No 816 III April 1926 [laque d’aniline] | Geranium lake 2 B. 131. No 816 III April 1926 [aniline lake] | Phloxine B (Acid Red 92)(c) + ethyl ester of eosin (Pigment Red 90)(a) | Eosin (PR90) since 1871; Phloxine B (AR92) was in use in 1901 [27] |
P.9 | Stil de grain Brun employable surfin | Dark brown Stil de grain usable of superior quality | 3,4-Dihyxroxybenzoic acid(a) + morin(a) + maclurin(a) (+ rhamnetin(a) + emodin(a)) | Natural from old fustic mixed with buckthorn berries | |
P.10 | Laque de Garance Pourpre moyen clair PMC No 5 | Purple madder lake medium light PMC No 5 | Pseudopurpurin(a) + purpurin(a) | Kopp’s purpurin | |
P.11 | 1910 | Laq. Brune d’Alizarine p. Pastels C4970 Jui.l 1910 1580 | Brown alizarin lake for pastels C4970 July 1910.1580 | Alizarin(a) + Mordant Yellow 1(b) | Mordant Yellow 1 since 1887 |
P.20 | Laque de Garance V | Madder lake V | 2,6-Dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone(b,c) + alizarin(a) + mono-hydroxyanthraquinone(c) + flavopurpurin(b,c) | Synthesis of alizarin 1868 | |
P.22 | 1929 | Laque de Garance Rose clair No 6 ancien Type èpuisè Remplacè en 1929 par Ton 2521 de 1911 ou 1925 un peu crayeuse | Light pink madder lake No 6 ancient type, finished, replaced in 1929 by shade 2521 made in 1911 or 1925, a little chalky | Insoluble in DMSO and in acidic or alkaline water solutions | |
P.23 | 1890 | Purpurine B 1890 | Purpurin B 1890 | Pseudopurpurin(a) + munjistin(a) + alizarin(a) + purpurin(a) | Kopp’s purpurin |
P.24 | 1890 | Murexide Cristallisée 1890 | Crystallized murexide 1890 | Murexide(b,c) | From guano since 1853 |
P.25 | Laque de Garance No 101 | Madder lake No 101 | 2,6-dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone(b,c) + alizarin(a) + mono-hydroxyanthraquinone(c) + flavopurpurin(b,c) | Synthesis of alizarin 1868 | |
P.26 | Laque de Garance Rxo 2783 nouvelle | Madder lake “Rxo” 2783 new | Imminated Pigment Red 84 + Pigment Red 84 | PR84 since 1884 | |
P.27 | Laque de Garance No 100 | Madder lake No 100 | 2,6-Dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone(b,c) + alizarin(a) + mono-hydroxyanthraquinone(c) + flavopurpurin(b,c) + alizarin-9-imine(c) | Synthesis of alizarin 1868 | |
P.29 | “Excréments de Serpents” “contiennent en notable proportion la Murexide, matiére colorante du Jaune Péruvien et du Pourpre Impérial | “Snake dung”, containing murexide in a notable proportion, which is the colouring matter in Peruvian yellow and imperial purple | Insoluble in DMSO and in acidic or alkaline water solutions | ||
T1 | Laque de Smirne foncée | Dark Smirne lake | Alizarin(a) + purpurin(a) | Garancine | |
T6 | Vert Japonais | Japanese green | Insoluble in DMSO and in acidic or alkaline water solutions | ||
T9 | Vert Anglais No 4 | English green No 4 | Pigment Yellow 3(a) | PY3 since 1910 | |
T10 | Vert Anglais No 5 | English green No 5 | Pigment Yellow 3(a) | PY3 since 1910 | |
T15 | Vert Anglais No 2 | English green No 2 | Pigment Yellow 3(a) | PY3 since 1910 | |
T17 | Lac Carmineée fixe | Fixed carmine lake | Pigment Red 115(c) + alizarin(a) | Synthesis of alizarin 1868 | |
T18 | Lac Fine (Gar.Andr.) | Fine lac (Andr. Madder) | Alizarin(a) + flavopurpurin(b,c) | Synthesis of alizarin 1868 | |
T19 | Vert Japonais Clair | Japanese light green | Pigment Yellow 3(a) | PY3 since 1910 | |
T25 | Rouge Japonais Foncé | Dark Japanese red | Pigment Red 3 (toluidine red)(c) | PR3 since 1905 | |
T26 | Vert Anglais No 3 | English green No 3 | Pigment Yellow 1(c) + Pigment yellow 3(a) | PY3 since 1910 (while PY1 was available since 1909) | |
T30 | Rose erythrine | Erythrine pink | Insoluble in DMSO and in acidic or alkaline water solutions |