Difference between revisions of "Fine red"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | An organic color prepared by boiling Brazilwood dust, nut galls, alum, ammonium chloride and hydrochloric acid in water. Fine red was used to marble book covers (Roberts and Etherington 1982). | + | An organic color prepared by boiling [[Brazilwood]] dust, [[Gall|nut galls]], [[alum]], [[ammonium chloride]] and [[hydrochloric acid]] in water. Fine red was used to marble book covers (Roberts and Etherington 1982). |
==Resources and Citations== | ==Resources and Citations== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:11, 20 August 2022
Description
An organic color prepared by boiling Brazilwood dust, nut galls, Alum, Ammonium chloride and Hydrochloric acid in water. Fine red was used to marble book covers (Roberts and Etherington 1982).
Resources and Citations
- M.Roberts, D.Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1982.