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History of Dyes from 2600 BC to 20th Century
Timeline of the development and use of dyestuffs in textiles. Author: Susan C. Druding.
http://www.straw.com/sig/dyehist.html
Colour in History
Overview of the history of natural and synthetic dyes and pigments used in the textile industry. Information on blue dyes from the woad plant. List of historical dye recipes, and books on the history of textile dyeing. Author: John Edmonds.
http://www.colourhistory.cwc.net/
Early Use of Natural Dyes in Textiles
Overview of the history of dye usage in the textile trades since 2600 BC. Short descriptions of natural dyes, made from plants, animals and minerals. Links to books on the subject. From the Quilthistory.Com web site.
http://www.quilthistory.com/dye.htm
The Woad Page
Vince Rowan's homepage on the woad plant, which has been used as a source for blue dye since medieval times. Links to related history sites. Instructions for dye preparation and procedures.
http://www.net-link.net/~rowan/crafts/woad/woadpage.html
Viking Age Dyestuffs
Introduction to the colors, dyestuffs, and mordants used by Viking spinners and cloth weavers. Author: Carolyn Priest-Dorman.
http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/vikdyes.html
Natural Dyeing to 1600
Concise history of ancient dyeing materials and techniques. Links to the history and processing of flax fibers, and textile technologies. List of dyeing bibliography. From the homepages of Anne Liese Wolkenhaar.
http://www.geocities.com/anne_liese_w/Dyeing/dyehistory.htm
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