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| Map of madder in world history | 8 | |
| Acknowledgements | 10 | |
| Foreword: The gifted eye | 11 | |
| 1 | Russian dreams of the bearded root | 19 |
| 2 | The word and the plant | 21 |
| 3 | The 5000-year-old root: history in the Old World | 28 |
| 4 | The venturers' legacy | 53 |
| 5 | The care of madder from seed to sack | 84 |
| 6 | The farmer's rewards, banks and bankruptcy | 107 |
| 7 | The purer the colour: ground krap and garancine | 120 |
| 8 | Inside the vat: the hunt for the dyestuff | 133 |
| 9 | Almond husks, brick dust and 'super-fine-fine' | 141 |
| 10 | Leonardo's choice madder lakes | 148 |
| 11 | The secret recipes of Turkey red | 174 |
| 12 | An Oriental tradition | 205 |
| 13 | Fashionable prices | 232 |
| 14 | The 19th-century madder boom | 246 |
| 15 | Coal tar reds and the death of madder | 258 |
| 16 | William Morris: the sumptuous resurrection | 268 |
| 17 | The dyer's grail: alchemical philosophies and folklore | 279 |
| Glossary | 299 | |
| Appendices | 306 | |
| Notes | 351 | |
| Select bibliography | 365 | |
| Index | 375 |
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Add Madder Red: A History of Luxury and Trade, Madder red is an ancient dyestuff, extracted from the root of the madder plant, growing in many countries around the world. The secret and devilishly complex Oriental dyeing process to obtain the lustrous colour known as Turkey Red was avidly sought by Eu, Madder Red: A History of Luxury and Trade to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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