Twentieth century Iranian carpets: investigation of red dye molecules and study of traditional madder dyeing techniques

Abstract Red is undoubtedly one of the principal colors in Iranian carpets. During the twentieth century, a golden era for Iranian carpet production and export industry, madder was still one of the primary constituents of the red dyestuff, used according to various dyeing methods which is specific f...

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Main Authors: Zohreh Chahardoli, Ina Vanden Berghe, Rocco Mazzeo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-08-01
Series:Heritage Science
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40494-019-0288-4