Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers

Chrome Yellow for Dyeing Carpet Rags

Dissolve the chrome in warm water in an earthen vessel; dip the rags in vinegar and water, then in the chrome dye, and hang in the sun to dry. This color will stand for years in a rag carpet, and is very little trouble. Six cents worth of chrome will dye several pounds.