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Bark from tupelo or black gum trees (''Nyssa sylvatica'') native to the eastern United States. Tupelo bark will give wool a khaki color using an alum mordant. Tupelo bark dye has good washfastness and fair lightfastness. | Bark from tupelo or black gum trees (''Nyssa sylvatica'') native to the eastern United States. Tupelo bark will give wool a khaki color using an alum mordant. Tupelo bark dye has good washfastness and fair lightfastness. | ||
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black gum bark, sour gum bark; pepperidge bark; Nyssa sylvatica | black gum bark, sour gum bark; pepperidge bark; Nyssa sylvatica | ||
Revision as of 09:55, 22 June 2022
Description
Bark from tupelo or black gum trees (Nyssa sylvatica) native to the eastern United States. Tupelo bark will give wool a khaki color using an alum mordant. Tupelo bark dye has good washfastness and fair lightfastness.
Resources and Citations
black gum bark, sour gum bark; pepperidge bark; Nyssa sylvatica
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- R.J. Adrosko, Natural Dyes in the United States, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1968
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 380
- John and Margaret Cannon, Dye Plants and Dyeing, Herbert Press, London, 1994
- Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, Douglas M. Considine (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1976