Indigo

In Search of the Colour that Seduced the World

Catherine Mckinley

8/2011
McKINLEY, CATHERINE.

Indigo: In Search of the Colour that Seduced the World. London 2011. XIII, 240 S. & 35 meist farb. Abb. auf Tafeln sowie einer Karte, Bibliographie, Ppbd.

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For almost five millenia, indigo - a blue pigment obtained from the small green leaf of a parasitic shrub - has been at the centre of turbulent human encounters, prized by slave traders, religious figures and the fashion world. This is the story of this precious dye and its ancient heritage.

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Ae  Bekleidung / Mode  Englische Bücher / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Zeitgeschichte  Entwurf / Mode  Färberwaid (Indigo)  Farbstoff  Ikono-Farbe  Mode