Book Description
How to weave 35 designs, from damask diaper to Bird's-eye carpet, and 41 selections on dyeing. 1817 classic.
Author : J. and R. Bronson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 16,70 MB
Release : 2013-01-30
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0486156133
How to weave 35 designs, from damask diaper to Bird's-eye carpet, and 41 selections on dyeing. 1817 classic.
Author : Stuart Robinson
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 31,52 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Dyes and dyeing
ISBN : 9780262180429
The literature upon textile dyeing technique, including the tie-dye and batik methods, is widely scattered in a large number of periodicals and books, many of which are no longer available or do not appear in English. This book offers a concise history of man's attempts to dye, and pattern by dyeing, the textiles he made from the raw materials available to him. Despite the conditions reflected in an early papyrus which stated that the "hands of the dyer reek like rotting fish and his eyes are overcome by weariness, " the development of dyeing techniques persisted from earliest known civilizations to the present day. As man discovered new natural fibers, and later synthetic fibers, so he invented new dyes and dyeing methods.Dyeing became a prosperous trade and the concern of governments, with the result that technical and social innovation began to develop more quickly. This development is described here in considerable detail.Sections are devoted to the many forms of tie-dye and batik practiced in various parts of the world from early times. Since this book, in common with its companion volume, is intended as a source book for students preparing special studies on dyed textiles, an exceptional feature is the provision of a number of comprehensive appendices of information for further research.
Author : Alice Cooke Brown
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 23,58 MB
Release : 2012-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0486139123
For early American households, the herb garden was an all-purpose medicine chest. Herbs were used to treat apoplexy (lily of the valley), asthma (burdock, horehound), boils (onion), tuberculosis (chickweed, coltsfoot), palpitations (saffron, valerian), jaundice (speedwell, nettles, toad flax), toothache (dittander), hemorrhage (yarrow), hypochondria (mustard, viper grass), wrinkles (cowslip juice), cancers (bean-leaf juice), and various other ailments. But herbs were used for a host of other purposes as well — and in this fascinating book, readers will find a wealth of information on the uses of herbs by homemakers of the past, including more than 500 authentic recipes, given exactly as they appeared in their original sources. Selected from such early American cookbook classics as Miss Leslie's Directions for Cookery, Mary Randolph's The Virginia Housewife, Lydia Child's The American Frugal Housewife, and other rare publications, the recipes cover the use of herbs for medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and other purposes. Readers will discover not only how herbs were used in making vegetable and meat dishes, gravies and sauces, cakes, pies, soups, and beverages, but also how our ancestors employed them in making dyes, furniture polish, insecticides, spot removers, perfumes, hair tonics, soaps, tooth powders, and numerous other products. While some formulas are completely fantastic, others (such as a sunburn ointment made from hog's lard and elder flowers) were based on long experience and produced excellent results. More than 100 fine nineteenth-century engravings of herbs add to the charm of this enchanting volume — an invaluable reference and guide for plant lovers and herb enthusiasts that will "delight and astound the twentieth-century reader." (Library Journal).
Author : J. Bronson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,57 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Tejeduría
ISBN :
Author : Rita J. Adrosko
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 27,40 MB
Release : 1971-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780486226880
Describes traditional methods of extracting pigmented materials from trees and plants and provides several dye recipes
Author : Karen Diadick Casselman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 33,29 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780486412313
Noted textile designer and lichen expert explains how to create and use dyes derived from lichens. Text covers history of the use of lichen pigments, safe dyeing methods, ecologically sound dyeing, and use of mordants, lichen identification, and more. Text also offers a fascinating history of Asian and European lichen pigments, Scottish, Irish, and Scandinavian domestic lichen dyes, and others.
Author : Amelia Peck
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 33,58 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Art
ISBN : 0870995928
Catalogs the Museum's quilt and coverlet collection and discusses the history of the quiltmaker's art
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1696 pages
File Size : 50,17 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Copyright
ISBN :
Author : Barbara Brackman
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 38,4 MB
Release : 2009-11-17
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1571209182
In Clues in the Calico Barbara Brackman unveils a much-needed system for dating America's heirloom quilts. She tells how, by collecting and observing quilts and finally analyzing her computer file on close to 900 date-inscribed specimens, she arrived at the system. And through this telling she also imparts a colorful, stunningly illustrated history of quiltmaking along with a good bit of entertaining social history and the newest findings in textile research.
Author : Isabel Buschman
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 28,93 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780810824034
Buschman annotates more than 550 books and periodical titles published on the techniques and history of handweaving from 1928 through October 1989. She includes works on how to weave_basic weaving texts, books on looms and equipment, and patterns both for weaving and for woven articles; handweaving history and historic fabrics from around the world; works on Native American weaving, ranging from the Chilkats of the Northwest coast of North America, to the Pueblos and Navajos of our Southwest, Mexico, and Central America, and on through the rich weaving culture of the Andes; reference works containing specialized bibliographies and information on fibers, dyes, education and marketing; and periodicals. With author, title, and subject indexes.