Turkey red dyeing:

Turkey red fabric and yarn was exported from Britain all over the world, especially to India and the Far East. Very beautiful fabrics were produced in a wide range of designs with vivid yellows; greens and blues on a red background.

Turkey red dyeing was a method of producing a bright red on cotton which was very fast to light, washing and bleaching. The process was used in this country from the mid-eighteenth century until the 1930s.

 

 

The Turkey red process originated in the Far East and reached the Middle East at an early date. It was brought to Europe in the eighteenth century; factories were established around Rouen in France and Switzerland.