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Vegetable dyeing; 151 color recipes for dyeing yarns and fabrics with natural materials.
LIBRA TP919 .L47 1970
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lesch, Alma
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers.
- Dyes and dyeing.
- Physical Description:
- 146 pages 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, Watson-Guptill Publications [1970]
- Summary:
- A practical guide to the techniques and materials employed in creating vegetable dyes
- Contents:
- i. general information: equipment and work space
- documenting
- collecting dye materials
- preserving dye materials
- preserving dye baths
- water
- fibers
- making skeins of yarns
- scouring fibers
- stripping
- mordanting of fibers
- dyeing fibers
- leveling dye lots
- color fastness
- ii. vegetable dye recipes
- iii. reds and pinks
- iv. yellow, golds, and brasses
- v. blues
- vi. oranges and rusts
- vii. greens
- viii. lavenders and purples
- ix. tans and browns
- x. grays and blacks
- xi. sources of supply
- xii. color information chart
- xiii. dye substance information chart
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 141).
- Other Format:
- Online version: Lesch, Alma. Vegetable dyeing.
- ISBN:
- 0823056007
- 9780823056002
- OCLC:
- 128721
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