Natural Dyes and Home Dyeing (Dover Pictorial Archives)

by Rita J. Adrosko

Paperback, 1971

Call number

747 A

Collection

Publication

Dover Publications (1971), Edition: Revised, 176 pages

Description

All the information ever needed to extract dyestuffs from common trees, flowers, lichens, and weeds to create beautifully dyed materials. The heart of the book is 52 recipes for dyes made from natural, easily obtained dyestuffs: brown dyes from the bark of apple trees; yellow from arsemart; reds from Brazilwood; blues from woad; and blacks from soot. 12 illustrations.

Pages

154

ISBN

0486226883 / 9780486226880

UPC

800759226887
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