Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Firefly Books (2011), 264 pages
Collection
Description
The blue dye indigo has been the world's most valued dyestuff for almost five millennia. This text covers in detail all aspects of this subject: historical, agricultural and botanical; chemical and technological; commercial and economic; indigo's various uses in textiles and art; and its many sociological, medicinal, folkloric connotations.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1998
ISBN
978-0714150963 / 9780714150963