Indigo

Indigo

Indigo

Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans

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9780714150963

    Jenny Balfour-Paul

    05-Sep-2011

    Paperback with flaps

S$45.00

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Produced from plants by a process akin to alchemy, indigo has a unique chemistry that renders it compatible with every type of natural fibre. In the past it was combined with other natural dyes to create a range of colours that are impossible to reproduce without synthetic substitutes (a recent phenomenon). In today s multi-coloured world, it is hard to imagine the incredible impact indigo must have had on the many civilizations that chanced upon it. The accumulation of more than 15 years research, this is the first book to cover in detail all aspects of this subject: historical, agricultural, and botanical chemical and technological; commercial and economic; indigo s various uses in textiles and its many sociological, medicinal, folkloric and other connotations.

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