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The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing: Traditional Recipes for Modern Use
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Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: TC; TDCB; WFBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
For several thousand years, all dyes were of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin, and many ancient civilizations possessed excellent dye technologies. The first synthetic dye was produced in 1856, and the use of traditional dyes declined rapidly thereafter. By 1915 few non-synthetics were used by industry or craftspeople. The craft revivals of the 1920s explored traditional methods of natural dyeing to some extent, particularly with wool, although the great eighteenth- and nineteenth-century dye manuals, which recorded the older processes, remained largely forgotten.
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For several thousand years, all dyes were of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin, and many ancient civilizations possessed excellent dye technologies. The first synthetic dye was produced in 1856, and the use of traditional dyes declined rapidly thereafter. By 1915 few non-synthetics were used by industry or craftspeople. The craft revivals of the 1920s explored traditional methods of natural dyeing to some extent, particularly with wool, although the great eighteenth- and nineteenth-century dye manuals, which recorded the older processes, remained largely forgotten.
In The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing, J. N. Liles consolidates ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Univ Tennessee Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9780870496707
SKU
V9780870496707
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Ref
99-12
About Unknown
J. N. Liles is professor of zoology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has taught at Arrowmont School and other regional craft schools and has exhibited his work at the Arrowmont School, the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild Folk Art Center, and the Carol Reece Museum.
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