White wool, the growth of the ancient dye industry and an expanding colour vocabulary

Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 124-126

  Smith, Gerald J ^a   Miller, Ian J ^b   Daniels, Vincent ^c   Smith, Andrew J ^a  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^b Carina Chemical Laboratories Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYEING; TEXTILE HISTORY; WOOL, WHITE;

EID: 0030974102     PISSN: 00379859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-4408.1997.tb01883.x     Document Type: Article

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