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Title	Vegetable Dyes
Creator	Pitman, Louise Livingston
Medium of Original	publications
Date of Orginal	1938-11
Dimensions	8.5" x 5"
Description	This article, published in the "Bulletin" of the Garden Club of America in 1938, details the process of vegetable dyeing for wool. It was written by Louise Pitman, an expert in natural dyeing, who served as the director of Handicrafts at the John C. Campbell Folk School. The article describes natural sources for various colors, such as marigolds for yellow, beets and madder for red, and indigo for blue. Also explained are mordants, necessary for fixing the colors, which can be alum, chrome, tin, or copper. Pitman gives detailed instructions on fixing mordants as well as the dyeing process. Dyes from different areas of the world are mentioned and compared to local, Appalachian dyes and superstitions regarding them.
Subject - Topic	Dye plants -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Dyes and dyeing -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group	John C. Campbell Folk School
Time Period	1930s
Location	Cherokee County (N.C.)
Source Institution	John C. Campbell Folk School
Collection	publication
Inventory Number	JCCFS_450
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC 28902
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Title	Vegetable Dyes
Creator	Pitman, Louise Livingston
Medium of Original	publications
Date of Orginal	1938-11
Dimensions	8.5" x 5"
Description	This article, published in the "Bulletin" of the Garden Club of America in 1938, details the process of vegetable dyeing for wool. It was written by Louise Pitman, an expert in natural dyeing, who served as the director of Handicrafts at the John C. Campbell Folk School. The article describes natural sources for various colors, such as marigolds for yellow, beets and madder for red, and indigo for blue. Also explained are mordants, necessary for fixing the colors, which can be alum, chrome, tin, or copper. Pitman gives detailed instructions on fixing mordants as well as the dyeing process. Dyes from different areas of the world are mentioned and compared to local, Appalachian dyes and superstitions regarding them.
Subject - Topic	Dye plants -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Dyes and dyeing -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group	John C. Campbell Folk School
Time Period	1930s
Location	Cherokee County (N.C.)
Source Institution	John C. Campbell Folk School
Collection	publication
Inventory Number	JCCFS_450
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC 28902
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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