India

This week: Darkening walnut with iron and insects used to dye fabrics

This week: Looking at the longevity of black bean dyeing and using hide glue in an organic vat when dyeing silk and wool.

The New York Times writes: Among the 200 objects in “The Fabric of India” exhibition on display through January at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is a vast chintz tent used by the renowned 17th-century Deccan ruler Tipu Sultan. In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the European craze for such Indian […]