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, folkloric connotations.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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150 colour illustrations, 50 b&w illustrations
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Höhe: 276 mm
Breite: 219 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7141-1776-8 (9780714117768)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Introduction - the myth and the magic. From antiquity to the middle ages; indigo's heyday, the downfall of Woad and the salvation of denim; indigo plants and the making of their dye; blue nails - indigo dyeing worldwide; the variety of decorative techniques; for richer, for poorer - textiles prestigious and popular; blue art; "in sickness and in health" - blue beards, blue bodies; into the future. Appendix: chemical formulae.
