茜草——红色的植物染料

Madder——a Red Vegetable Dye

茜草能用于毛、棉、丝、麻等纤维的染色 ,列举了了六叶茜和四叶茜染色丝绸、改良的土尔其红染色棉织物、茜草染色羊毛的具体方法 ,简述了在继承与探索茜染技术方面的有关情况。

The Madder can be used to dye cotton, wool, silk and linen. In this paper, it is listed in detail the methods of dyeing silk with six-leave or four-leave madder, cotton fabric with the improved Turkey red and wool with madder. The related situation in inheritance and investigation about the dyeing technology with madder is described briefly.