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Dyes in history and Archaeology 20: Including papers presented at the 20th Meeting, Amsterdam, 2001

by: Kirby, J. Cooksey, Chr. van Bommel, M.R. Quye, A.

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Category: Classical Archaeology
Code: 24560
ISBN-13: 9781873132296 / 978-1-873132-29-6
ISBN-10: 1873132298 / 1-873132-29-8
Publisher: Archetype Publications
Publication Date: 2005
Publication Place: London
Binding: Paper
Pages: 200
Book Condition: New

Until the 19th century, the dyes available to decorate all the objects of art and everyday life were obtained from naturally occurring raw materials. It was well known that some were better than others and from early times the necessity of assessing quality and avoiding falsifications was recognised. Following developments in synthetic organic chemistry, a vast number of new dyestuffs appeared; these also varied in quality and permanence and required testing. Historians, archaeologists, chemists and dyers then began to ask how the dyers of earlier times and other civilisations had carried out their craft. Today, conservators have questions too: how the dye and its method of application may affect the state of preservation of an object, and also the remedial measures that are necessary.

Over the centuries, analytical methods have developed from simply moistening the raw material with saliva to assess its dyestuff content to the identification of a dyestuff molecule by mass spectrometric analysis. Methods for the examination of dyestuffs have evolved in parallel with developments in analytical chemistry and ever more detailed information becomes available as techniques improve. The development of non-destructive methods has a particular relevance to historical artefacts and may grow in importance in the future.

These points are discussed in the papers presented at the 20th Meeting of the Dyes in History and Archaeology, held in 2001 at the Instituut Collectie Nederland, Amsterdam. They are illustrated further by discussions of the use of particular analytical methods and the development and use of a range of dyestuffs from shellfish purple to Malachite green; from Indonesian dyes to food colorants. Historical and conservation issues are also discussed including dyeing of prestigious textiles during the Nara era in Japan by a method that was subsequently forgotten, and the conservation of two historical Canadian textiles.

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Contributors

A concise history of dye analysis

Andre Verhecken

Possible future developments in the analysis of organic dyes

Jan Wouters

The analysis of dyes with HPLC coupled to photodiode array and fluorescence detection

Maarten R. van Bommel

Studying dyes by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

Francois Delamare and Monique Repoux

Analysis of coloured compounds found in natural eyes by thermospray liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (TSP LC-MS) and a preliminary study of the application to analysis of natural dyes used on historic textiles

Nobuko Shibayama, Ryohei Yamaoka and Masanori Sato

TLC and HPLC analysis on red and violet cotton yarns of Indonesian textiles

Regina Hofmann-de Keijzer and Maarten R. van Bommel

Dye analyses helped to determine the treatment of two historically important textiles

Sharon Little

Stabilization of cellulosic textiles decorated with iron-containing dyes

Gerald Smith, Rangi Te Kanawa, Ian Miller and Glen Fenton

Components of mordants and the silk fabrics treated with them

Masako Saito, Mizuho Uehara and Kazuki Yamazaki

Madder and gromwell dyeing with alum in the Nara era, 8th century, in Japan - duplicate mordanting

Jiro Komiyama, Mario Suematsu and Shojiro Ogawa

Historical dyes in Poland and their revival

Katarzyna Schmidt-Przewozna

Description and analysis of four Moroccan uses of saffron: saffron, body and sexuality, art and ritual

Jerome Dupont

Processing of indigo plants and dyeing with indigo in Japan: impressions of a visit in autumn 2000

Ursula Klingelfuss-Schneider

Colour variations in Tyrian purple dyeing

Chris J. Cooksey and Roy S. Sinclair

The first optimal all-murex all-natural purple dyeing in the eastern Mediterranean in a millennium and a half

Zvi C. Koren

The purple fermentation vat: dyeing or painting parchment with Murex trunculus

Inge Boesken Kanold

Chinese green, an enduring mystery

Chris Cooksey, Alan Dronsfield and Jo Kirby

It happened by chance: the discovery of Malachite green

Chris Cooksey and Alan Dronsfield

Dyes (and pigments) as food additives (and adulterants)

Brian H. Davies

The compatibility of transmission electron microscopy and micro-raman spectroscopy: application to parchment illustrations

Peggy Fredrickx, Peter Vandenabeele, Jan Wouters, Luc Moens and Dominique Schryvers

A mass spectrometric study of the red naphthol PR170 as pigment and in acrylic emulsion paint

Beatrice Marino, Tom Learner, Jerre van der Horst and Jaap J. Boon

Recent publications concerning the analysis and history of dyes: abstracts of books and papers received before July 2003

Compiled by Penelope Walton Rogers

 
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Dyes in history and Archaeology 20: Including papers presented at the 20th Meeting, Amsterdam, 2001

by: Kirby, J. Cooksey, Chr. van Bommel, M.R. Quye, A.

  • ISBN-13: 9781873132296 / 978-1-873132-29-6
  • ISBN-03: 1873132298 / 1-873132-29-8
  • Archetype Publications, London, 2005

Price: 45,00 EURO

1 copy in stock