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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
A vegetable tannin of the pyrogallol class is extractable from chestnut wood. Chestnut tannin extract has a low pH, low salts content and produces a firm, heavy leather with a pale, reddish color. Chestnut extract is usually mixed with other tannins, such as [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=quebracho quebracho], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=mimosa mimosa], or [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=myrobalan%20extract myrobalans]. Extract from the tree bark, while not used as a tannin, has been used as a dye. Its dark color extracts were used in 19th century Italy and southern France to make an inexpensive fast black dye for silk.
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A vegetable tannin of the pyrogallol class is extractable with hot water from chestnut wood (13.4%) and bark (6.8%). Chestnut tannin extract has a low pH and low salts, but high acids and high sugar content.  It produces a firm, heavy leather with a pale, reddish color. Chestnut extract is usually mixed with other tannins, such as [[quebracho]], [[mimosa]], or [[myrobalan extract|myrobalans]]. The dark color extracts from the tree bark has been used as a dye in 19th century Italy and southern France to make an inexpensive fast black dye for silk.
  
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
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chestnut bark; chestnut extract; chestnut dye
 
chestnut bark; chestnut extract; chestnut dye
  
== Other Properties ==
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== Physical and ChemicalProperties ==
  
Soluble in water.
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Soluble in hot water.
  
== Authority ==
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== Resources and Citations ==
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* Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut (accessed April 2020)
  
 
* Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, ''Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology'', U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
 
* Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, ''Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology'', U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
  
* Website address 1  Comment: American Leather Chemists Association Glossary at www.leatherchemists.org
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* American Leather Chemists Association Glossary at www.leatherchemists.org
  
 
* F. Crace-Calvert, ''Dyeing and Calico Printing'', Palmer & Howe, London, 1876
 
* F. Crace-Calvert, ''Dyeing and Calico Printing'', Palmer & Howe, London, 1876

Latest revision as of 10:02, 19 August 2020

Description

A vegetable tannin of the pyrogallol class is extractable with hot water from chestnut wood (13.4%) and bark (6.8%). Chestnut tannin extract has a low pH and low salts, but high acids and high sugar content. It produces a firm, heavy leather with a pale, reddish color. Chestnut extract is usually mixed with other tannins, such as Quebracho, Mimosa, or myrobalans. The dark color extracts from the tree bark has been used as a dye in 19th century Italy and southern France to make an inexpensive fast black dye for silk.

Synonyms and Related Terms

chestnut bark; chestnut extract; chestnut dye

Physical and ChemicalProperties

Soluble in hot water.

Resources and Citations

  • Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
  • American Leather Chemists Association Glossary at www.leatherchemists.org
  • F. Crace-Calvert, Dyeing and Calico Printing, Palmer & Howe, London, 1876