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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Medieval Dyes

Medieval Dyes

Young, C. Ellen
Smith, Jodi

Paperback

Dye

ISBN10: 1517196515
ISBN13: 9781517196516
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 18 2015
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.28 Width: 7.52 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
The perfect dyebook for historical reenactors. Get authentic, bright colors on wool, cotton, linen, and silk. Contains - Discussion of 48 historical dyestuffs - Thirty-six natural dye recipes, tested by the author - Results of the author's lightfastness tests - Recipes for scouring fibers - Updated recipes for mordanting before or after dyeing - Safety advice - Discussion of 24 chemicals used in dyeing (What is the difference between potash and pearl ash?) - Conversions between traditional English and metric units - Index of dyestuffs by common names and by scientific names - Annotated bibliography of over 50 sources for further study - Fun facts (The Romans used walnut husks as a hair dye. Alizarin, a pigment found in madder root, is named after the Persian word for madder dye, al lizari.) 22 black and white illustrations, by the late C. Ellen Young

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