A book about vegetable dyes and dyeing recipes written by Englishman Ethel M. Mairet is full of exotic elegance to both technical parties and onlookers. Maybe it's a love story of plants and fabrics.
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Directory
Chapter
Page number
I. Wool, silk, linen, cotton
II. Mordant
III. British dye plants
IV. Moss dye
V. Blue
VI. Red
VII. Yellow
VIII. Brown and black
IX. Green
X. Cotton dyeing
□□. Silk dyeing
Glossary
References
Index