Natural plant dyed linen material drying outside Europe's only remaining woad dyers factory, Lectoure, Gers, France

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The beautiful and pure blue plant dye comes from woad leaves crushed to a powder soaked and left to dry on a washing line in the traditional fashion. The intense colour is used in fabrics home interiors and paint, the only place left in Europe where it is produced

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Size: 5405px × 3557px
Location: Bleu, de, Lectoure, woad dyers factory, Lectoure, Gers, France
Photo credit: © Marion Bull / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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