Vegetable Dyes

A book by the English author Ethel M. Mairet about plant dyes and dyeing recipes. Both tech enthusiasts and casual readers will find it filled with exotic elegance. Perhaps it's a love story between plants and textiles.

Gutenberg link: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24076

Contents

Chapter

Page

I. Wool, Silk, Flax, and Cotton

II. Mordants

III. British Dye Plants

IV. Lichen Dyes

V. Blue

VI. Red

VII. Yellow

VIII. Brown and Black

IX. Green

X. Dyeing Cotton

□□. Dyeing Silk

Glossary

References

Index