The Story of Colour in Textiles
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Visual Arts
- Date of Publication 25 June 2020
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9781350184565
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages176 pages
- Size 246x188x12 mm
- Weight 500 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 106 colour illus 103
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Long description:
The colour and shade of dyed textiles were once as much an indicator of social class or position as the fabric itself and for centuries the recipes used by dyers were closely guarded secrets. The arrival of synthetic dyestuffs in the middle of the nineteenth century opened up a whole rainbow of options and within 50 years modern dyes had completely overturned the dyeing industry. From pre-history to the current day, the story of dyed textiles in Western Europe brings together the worlds of politics, money, the church, law, taxation, international trade and exploration, fashion, serendipity and science.
This book is an introduction to a broad, diverse and fascinating subject of how and why people coloured textiles. A fresh review of this topic, this book brings previous scholars' work to light, alongside new discoveries and research.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Chapter one: Fragments and glimpses - dyes from pre history
Chapter two: The Dark Ages - surprising colour
Chapter three: New skills, burgeoning trade - the Middle Ages
Chapter four: Broadening horizons - the sixteenth century
Chapter five: Mystery, art and science - the seventeenth century
Chapter six: Analysis, understanding and invention - the eighteenth century
Chapter seven: Ryots, rewards and handsome colours - the nineteenth century
Chapter eight: A hundred yellows - the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
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