Mauve : how one man invented a colour that changed the world / Simon Garfield.
Mauve : how one man invented a colour that changed the world / Simon Garfield.
Mauve : how one man invented a colour that changed the world / Simon Garfield.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
London : Faber and Faber, 2000.
Date
2000.
Call Numbers
N535.6092/1
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
222 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
London : Faber and Faber, 2000.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2000.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Mauve is the story of a man who invented a colour, and in the process transformed the world around him." "Before 1856, the colour in our lives derived from animals, minerals or plants. Clothing, paint, print - their reds and blues and blacks came from insects or molluscs, roots or leaves, and dyeing was painstaking and expensive. One royal process...
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Full title
Mauve : how one man invented a colour that changed the world / Simon Garfield.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-213) and index.
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Call Numbers
N535.6092/1
Record Identifier
74VvoMXZ6g8Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvoMXZ6g8Z
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0571201970
9780571201976
DDC
540.92
535.6092
666.257
MMS ID
991013174449702626
