Wool yarn dyed with weld, woad and madder - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99180 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 84.01 RUBIACEAE Galium boreale | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Wool yarn dyed with weld, woad and madder | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | United Kingdom | TDWG Region | United Kingdom | ||
| Parts Held | Wool yarn dyed with weld, woad and madder | Geography Description | England | ||
| Uses | Wool yarn dyed with weld, woad and madderUse: MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Hill, David J. | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 20/01/2016 | Donor Notes | Robin Hill was 'brilliant at dyeing' he learnt the craft from Ethel Mairet in his teens | ||
| Collector | Hill, Robin (FRS) | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/11/1968 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Red wool yarn - one sample dyed with madder Galium boreale with alum mordant (Oct 1968) and two further samples with alum and tartar mordant (Nov 1968); Yellow wool yarn dyed with weld Reseda luteola with alum and tartar mordant; Blue wool yarn - dyed wit, h woad Isatis tinctoria. | ||||
| Determinations: | 11.00 CRUCIFERAE Isatis tinctoria L. 13.00 RESEDACEAE Reseda luteola L. 84.01 RUBIACEAE Galium boreale L. | ||||