Early Industry

The process for dyeing cloth changed little until the advent of complex 19th century machinery transformed the process into one of mechanized production. Images from the 15th century show a process almost identical to one pictured 300 years later. Vats were boiled over a wood fire and fabric

The process for dyeing cloth changed little until the advent of complex 19th century machinery transformed the process into one of mechanized production. Images from the 15th century show a process almost identical to one pictured 300 years later. Vats were boiled over a wood fire and fabric taken in and out of the vat with the help of a manually turned winch. Dyers guild coats-of-arms showed this same process.