Revival of traditional European dyeing techniques yellow and red colorants

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 447-457

  Mikropoulou, Eleni ^a   Tsatsaroni, Euphoria ^a   Varella, Evangelia A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ancient dyeing recipes; Colorimetry; Light and wash fastness; Natural organic dyes; Optimised dyeing procedures

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349929851     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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