BOOK: Natural Dyeing Processes of India from the Calico Museum of Textiles

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Mohanty, B.C. et al.
Natural Dyeing Processes of India
1987 Calico Museum of Textiles, Sarabhai Foundation, Ahmedabad
283 pp. 42 tipped-in color plates 129 black and white 101 line drawings 11.5 x 8.5 oblong Hardback in Very Good condition. Corners bumped.
Comprehensive guide to Indian dyeing techniques. "This unique volume in the Calico Museum of Textiles series on contemporary crafts, documents the fast-declining traditional Indian processes in which natural dyes are used. The first part of the book summaries the information collected from various sources, and includes historical notes, the local names of the dyes used, their botanical names and the procedures followed. The second part studies the processes in the surviving centers of dyeing. There are comprehensive appendices with explanatory notes. A glossary of Indian words also forms part of this book." -Publisher