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"""Colouring Textiles"" is an attempt to provide a cross-cultural comparative approach to the art of dyeing and printing with natural dyestuffs in the 18th and 19th centuries. Divided into thematic chapters, it uncovers data from the vast historical heritage of natural dyestuffs from a range of European cities, to present historiographic insights for the understanding of this technology. Through a sort of anatomic dissection, the book explores the study and cultivation of dye-plants in botanical gardens and plantations, and the tacit values hidden in dyeing workshops, factories, laboratories, or national and international exhibitions. It metaphorically submits the natural dyestuffs of the 18th and 19th centuries to a series of systematic historical tests, and traces back the circulation of those sources of colours through colonial spaces, dye works, cross-cultural networks, schools of artistic design, and science-based industries for the making of synthetic colorants. ""Colouring Textiles"" contributes to a better understanding of the role of natural dyestuffs in the processes of industrialization in Western Europe."

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Author:   A. Nieto-Galan
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2001 ed.
Volume:   217
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.250kg
ISBN:  

9780792370222

ISBN 10:   0792370228
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   31 July 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1: Natural Dyestuffs and the Kingdoms of Nature.- 2: Sites of Dyeing and Printing Textiles: From the Workshop to the Factory System.- 3: The “Science” of Natural Dyestuffs in the Laboratory.- 4: Circulating Skills in a European Network: The “Republic of Chemist-Dyers”.- 5: Artisans and Artists in Dyeing and Printing.- 6: Towards the “Artificial”: A Long-Standing Technological Change.- 1. Archives and libraries.- 2. Primary source journals and newspapers.- 3. Primary sources.- 4. Secondary sources.- List of Illustrations and Tables.

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