Early Use of Natural Dyes in Textiles Overview of the history of dye usage in the textile trades since 2600 BC. Short descriptions of natural dyes, made from plants, animals and minerals. Links to books on the subject. From the Quilthistory.Com web site. http://www.quilthistory.com/dye.htm Quilthistory.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Viking Age Dyestuffs Introduction to the colors, dyestuffs, and mordants used by Viking spinners and cloth weavers. Author: Carolyn Priest-Dorman. http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/vikdyes.html Vassar.edu~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Natural Dyeing to 1600 Concise history of ancient dyeing materials and techniques. Links to the history and processing of flax fibers, and textile technologies. List of dyeing bibliography. From the homepages of Anne Liese Wolkenhaar. http://www.geocities.com/anne_liese_w/Dyeing/dyehistory.htm Geocities.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
A Brief History of Dyestuffs and Dyeing Paper presented at the 2000 Runestone Collegium dealing with the history of dyestuffs and dyeing techniques, from prehistory to modern times. Author: Lady Siobhon nicDhuinnshleibhe. http://kws.atlantia.sca.org/dyeing.html Sca.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
The Preparation of Woad in England Illustrated excerpt of the paper published in "Transactions of the Newcomen Society" about the woad mills in East Anglia in the 19th century, describing the buildings and manufacture, machinery, people and processes. http://www.newcomen.com/excerpts/woad.htm Newcomen.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing Excerpt of a book published by The University of Tennessee Press, describing the ancient technique of fermentation vat dyeing of fibers and fabrics. Author: J.N. Liles. http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/whole_cloth/u3tc/u3materials/natDye.html Smithsonian.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Natural Dyes International USA. International non-profit organization dedicated to research, knowledge transfer and public education about the history of natural dyes and pigments. List of members. Calendar of events. Links to related sites. http://www.naturaldyes.org/ Naturaldyes.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check