@Rachelburch@mastodon.social
Day 7 of my ‘getting through January vintage floral plates from books’, frontispiece to The ladies companion to the flower garden, 1860s. This is one of my ‘poison books’ from my collection with a bright green cover which may denote arsenic was used. Arsenic was used in Victorian products as a green dye in the 1860s to 80s.
sarble
I loved Bitten By Witch Fever (https://www.lucindahawksley.com/books/bitten-by-witch-fever/) which wasn't just eye-opening about the use of arsenic in wallpaper but a lovely object in its own right.
@Rachelburch@mastodon.social
@sarble that Morris quote hasn’t aged well has it, but then he did have shares in the Devon consols mine.