Madder red [electronic resource] : a history of luxury and trade : plant dyes and pigments in world commerce and an / Robert Chenciner.
Series: Caucasus worldPublication details: London ; New York : Curzon, 2000.Description: 571 p. : ill., mapsISBN:- 9780203400432
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [470]-521) and index.
1. Russian dreams of the bearded root -- 2. The word and the plant -- 3. The 5000-year-old root : history in the Old World -- 4. The venturers' legacy -- 5. The care of madder from seed to sack -- 6. The farmer's rewards, banks and bankruptcy -- 7. The purer the colour : ground krap and garancine -- 8. Inside the vat : the hunt for the dyestuff -- 9. Almond husks, brick dust and 'super-fine-fine' -- 10. Leonardo's choice madder lakes -- 11. The secret recipes of Turkey red -- 12. An Oriental tradition -- 13. Fashionable prices -- 14. The 19th-century madder boom -- 15. Coal tar reds and the death of madder -- 16. William Morris : the sumptuous resurrection -- 17. The dyer's grail : alchemical philosophies and folklore.
Also available in print edition.
Electronic reproduction. [Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2012]. PDF file created from digital scan of print book.