Home dyeing with natural dyes
By: by Margaret S. Furry, and Bess M. Viemont.
Contributors: Morrison, Bess Viemont, b. 1898.
Series: Miscellaneous publication / United States Department of Agriculture ;; no. 230; Miscellaneous publication (United States. Dept. of Agriculture) ;; no. 230.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Published: 1935
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: Dyes and dyeing.
Description: The publication reports the results of tests on about 65 natural dye materials when used for dyeing cotton and wool cloth. Most of the dyes studied are of vegetable origin. In fact the terms natural and vegetable dyes are often used interchangeably though a few, such as cochineal, are of animal origin and iron buff and some others are developed from mineral pigments.
Notes: Cover title.
Contribution from Bureau of Home Economics.