Indigo
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A short encyclopedia entry on indigo dye made from Indigofera tinctoria. It covers the plant's history from Pliny onward, where it is grown, how it is cultivated, and the vat fermentation, beating, settling, draining and drying steps used to make cake indigo. It closes with uses in laundry bluing, watercolors and dyeing, and the main producing regions in the Americas.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1828
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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