The Textile Committee organized a
symposium on the use of natural
dyes in dyeing textiles on November 9th at the Cultural Heritage Agency
of the Netherlands in Amersfoort. Natural dyes like yellow wish and red
madder, cochineal lice, indigo, braziel wood and campeachy wood, or
lichens, fungi and bacteria were discussed. Special attention was given
to new developments, paint recipes, discolouration and socio-historical
contexts.
