One of the most typical of the slightly yellowish green found in wall decoration, hangings and woven upholstery fabrics, of many kinds during the period covered by the first 4 Georges, kings of England, 1714 – 1830.
This name, hitherto rarely known outside the world of ceramics, is called after William Duesbury, the potter, who bought the Chelsea china factory from James Cox in 1770 and founded the china business in Derby, England, where Chelsea-Derby was first made.
Duesbury Green is a ground laid colour, a process invented at Derby about 1814.
A colour introduced into seasonal ranges in 1937 and determined in 1938. The Colour was associated with the Doges who were the chief magistrates of the republics of Genoa and Venice.
