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Craft of the Dyer: Colour from Plants and Lichens of the Northeast.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Binding is housed in a clamshell box covered in light grey buffalo skin and Hedgehog purple paper from Hook Pottery Paper. Leather spine embroidered in cutch/iron naturally-dyed cotton floss in binder’s handwriting. Trays covered in handmade paper in plum and lined with light grey Novasuede.
Includes a comprehensive alphabetical listing and description of 150 plant and lichen species which can be used to make textile dyes. Near Fine in Fine Archival Dropspine Box. Ex libris textblock with two discrete stamps, else tight, bright, and unmarred. French-style fine binding with laced-in boards. Bound in rose buffalo skin with naturally-dyed cotton (from Natalie Stopka) appliquéed with naturally dyed light madder cotton floss. Leather wrapped endbands in olive buffalo skin with wraps of madder and cutch/iron naturally-dyed cotton floss. Light grey buffalo skin doublures with squares of naturally-dyed cotton fabric attached with various colors of naturally-dyed cotton floss. Handmade paper flyleaves in dark orchid. Hook Pottery Indiana Hay endpapers with inserts of eco-printed paper from Velma Bolyard and hooked sheets of Hedgehog purple paper from Hook Pottery Paper. 8vo. 249pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Index. Item #11397
Price: $5,250.00