The practical book of early American arts and crafts . ex-haustive of the possibilities open to the woman bentupon brewing her dyes but it will sufficiently indicateresources and methods. If one substance was not ob-tainable, our resourceful foremothers could alwaysmake shift with some other. Ked (Scarlet and Crimson): Cochineal Madder Nicara^a woodBlue: Woad Indigo Larkspur flowers Garden purslane Yeixow: Fustic Wold Turmeric Anetta Sedge grass (with alum) Peach leaves Smartweed leaves Alder bark Birch bark Brazil Wood Camwood Pokeberry root (solferino) Wax myrtleKnot grassSpiderwort flowers
The practical book of early American arts and crafts . ex-haustive of the possibilities open to the woman bentupon brewing her dyes but it will sufficiently indicateresources and methods. If one substance was not ob-tainable, our resourceful foremothers could alwaysmake shift with some other. Ked (Scarlet and Crimson): Cochineal Madder Nicara^a woodBlue: Woad Indigo Larkspur flowers Garden purslane Yeixow: Fustic Wold Turmeric Anetta Sedge grass (with alum) Peach leaves Smartweed leaves Alder bark Birch bark Brazil Wood Camwood Pokeberry root (solferino) Wax myrtleKnot grassSpiderwort flowers Walnut barkHickory barkYellow oak barkI/ombardy poplar barkSumac stalksYellow locustOsage orangeClematis Gbeen: Green, of course, could be produced in almost innumerable ways bycombining blues and yellows in proper proportion, but the following alsoyielded desirable green dyes: Black oak bark Turmein or gold seal (with Meadow garlic (with lime) indigo) Orange or yellow root (withindigo) BlACK: LogwoodNutgallsBugle weed Beown: Butternut Hemlock Maple. PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN HANDMADE RUG. EIGHTEENTH CENTURYCourtesy of H. L. Duhring, Jr., Esq.
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