_To Wash and Starch Lawns._
Lawns may be done in the same manner as the former, only observe to
iron them on the wrong side, and use gum arabic water instead of
starch and, according to what has been directed for sarcenets, any
colored silks may be starched, abating or augmenting the gum-water as
may be thought fit, according to the stiffness intended.
Gum arabic used to be used for microscope slides too.... It also turns
yellow with age....
Sue in EY
On 10 Apr 2009, at 22:14, [email protected] wrote:
It could, of course, be the case that regular starch has yellowed as
Susan
says. I am ignorant about English starching practices. Can anyone
point me to a
source about starching in the early 17th century. I don't even know
what a
regular starch recipe would have consisted of.
Devon
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