Written for the Scientific American By Dr. M.Reimann, of Berlin Supposing it is required to dye 100 lbs. of raw silk, 12 lbs. of soap are boiled with a sufficient quantity of river or rain water ...

and the property of dyeing wool and silk with pure andj brilliant tints. The pasty and woody mass containing the coloring matter is known as cudbear. The coloring matter extracted by means of an ...

Archaeologists have identified what caused unusual red dye marks on the remains of a young woman who lived 2,200 years ago in ...

In the 2010s, as cheaper, fake silk flooded the market and young textile workers moved to the big cities, this local craft started dying out. But one village turned things around, banding together ...

More than 2,000 pieces of woven textiles and silk crafts sourced from all 23 districts of Buri Ram are presented through a ...

Different cultures follow different practices, especially when death arrives. Some believe in mummification, while some ...