Indigo : Egyptian mummies to blue jeans /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Balfour-Paul, Jenny
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, 2012.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the myth and the magic
  • From antiquity to the Middle Ages
  • Indigo's heyday, the downfall of Woad and salvation by denim
  • Indigo plants and the making of their dye
  • Blue nails: indigo dyeing worldwide
  • The variety of decorative techniques
  • 'For richer, for poorer' : textiles prestigious and popular
  • Blue art
  • 'In sickness and in health' : blue beards, blue bodies
  • Into the future.