ISBN: 0714117765 9780714117768

Category: Crafts & Hobbies / Dye

Page count: 264

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 and folkloric connotations.