Sappanwood

Red bud

Description

Sappanwood

A red dye obtained from the Caesalpinia sappan tree native to India and Sri Lanka. Sappanwood dye is also called Brazilwood dye.

EEM Color

EEM Line

Synonyms and Related Terms

Caesalpinia sappan; red bud; suo (Jap.); brazil (Esp.); sapan; sapanwood; brazilwood; indian redwood

Resources and Citations

• Palmy Weigle, Ancient Dyes for Modern Weavers, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1974

• R. Hofmann, "The Bühler Collection of Indonesian Dyeplants" Dyes in History and Archaeology, no. 15, Papers from the 15th annual meeting held in Manchester England, Nov. 1996

• R.Feller, M.Curran, C.Bailie, 'Identification of Traditional Organic Colorants Employed in Japanese Prints and Determination of their Rates of Fading', Japanese Woodblock Prints, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, 1984

• Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, Phyllis G.Tortora, Robert S. Merkel (eds.), Fairchild Publications, New York City, 7th edition, 1996

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998