Synopsis
All who work with fibre crafts, as well as botanists, whether amateur or professional, will welcome this clear account of a wide range of plants from which natural dyes can be obtained. John and Margaret Cannon, both professional botanists, have selected forty-eight plants from different parts of the world and describe the structure and cultivation of each, its history as a dye source and the best method for its use based on their own experiments.
Most well-known dye plants are included, among them elderberry, henna, indigo, madder and saffron, and each plant is beautifully illustrated by Gretel Dalby-Quenet, a skilled botanical artist, in a full-page painting that also shows the colours the plant can yield. A general chapter on dyestuffs and mordants, a short section of notes for teachers, a checklist of scientific plant names and a glossary help to make this a particularly practical and valuable book both for experimental craft workers and teachers, and for beginners in dyeing, spinning and weaving.
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John Cannon was Keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum, London, until his retirement in 1990.
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Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Large Paperback. 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches. Second Printing. 128 pages with reading list, botanical glossary, and index. Illustrations by Gretel Dalby-Quenet. With botanical color illustrations with color charts for each. AS NEW. Not read. Binding very tight, without stress creasing and square. All corners pointed. Without creases, bumps, chips or tears. Without marking and very clean and bright. All items carefully wrapped and sent boxed. Seller Inventory # 26032209
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