Dyeing of Eri silk with natural dyes in presence of natural mordants

Roy Maulik, Sankar

dc.contributor.author	Roy Maulik, Sankar
dc.date.accessioned	2021-06-25T06:32:21Z
dc.date.available	2021-06-25T06:32:21Z
dc.date.issued	2018-04
dc.identifier.uri	https://vbudspace.lsdiscovery.in/xmlui/handle/123456789/1221
dc.description.abstract	Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze (tea leaves), Allium cepa L. (onion peel), Laccifer lacca Kerr (lac insect) and iron ore are used as natural dyes in presence of different natural mordanting agents for dyeing of Eri silk yarns. These natural mordanting agents are available in plenty at Meghalaya and use of these improves the colour fastness to washing and light considerably, which will motivate the handloom weavers to use these dyes and mordants for producing fabric with eco friendly charact	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Vol. 17(2);pp. 396-399
dc.subject	Eri silk, Mordant, Sohtung leaves, Sohkhu leaves.	en_US
dc.title	Dyeing of Eri silk with natural dyes in presence of natural mordants	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US