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Six natural dyes each shown with examples of dyed fabrics, together with a model of a woad mill at Parson Grove, Lincolnshire, c 1900. Going anti-clockwise, the dyes are: Indigo, extracted from the woad plant and used by ancient Britons to colour their bodies; Tyrian purple, a rare dye made from the bodies of sea molluscs; Saffron yellow, made from the flowers of the saffron crocus; Madder, a crimson dye obtained from the madder plant; Kermes, a scarlet dye made from a parasitic insect; and Logwood, a black dye obtained from a tree found in the Americas.
Location
Science Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART419117
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3504px × 2513px
Photo Credit
SSPL/Science Museum / Art Resource, NY
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Black, Color
Dyeing
Indigo
Model, Three Dimensional
Purple, Color
Red, Color
Yellow, Color