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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
Bark from white hickory trees (''Hicoria alba'') native to the east coast of the United States. Hickory bark will give a dark yellow ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cotton cotton]) to golden ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=wool wool]) color using an alum mordant. With a chrome mordant, hickory give a brass color to wool and cotton. Hickory bark dye has good color fastness.
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Bark from white hickory trees (''Hicoria alba'') native to the east coast of the United States. Hickory bark will give a dark yellow ([[cotton]]) to golden ([[wool]]) color using an alum mordant. With a chrome mordant, hickory give a brass color to wool and cotton. Hickory bark dye has good color fastness.
  
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==

Revision as of 13:18, 16 January 2014

Description

Bark from white hickory trees (Hicoria alba) native to the east coast of the United States. Hickory bark will give a dark yellow (Cotton) to golden (Wool) color using an alum mordant. With a chrome mordant, hickory give a brass color to wool and cotton. Hickory bark dye has good color fastness.

Synonyms and Related Terms

white hickory (Hicoria alba); mockernut

Authority

  • R.J. Adrosko, Natural Dyes in the United States, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1968
  • John and Margaret Cannon, Dye Plants and Dyeing, Herbert Press, London, 1994

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