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: Received: 22 August 2022 / Approved: 26 August 2022 / Online: 26 August 2022 (04:12:07 CEST)
How to cite:
Vígio, T.; Vicente Palomino, S.; Montesinos Ferrandis, E.M.; Yusá-Marco, D.J. The Study of Chinese Dyes Recipes on Silk from The Ming Dynasty to The Republican Period. Preprints2022, 2022080443. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0443.v1
Vígio, T.; Vicente Palomino, S.; Montesinos Ferrandis, E.M.; Yusá-Marco, D.J. The Study of Chinese Dyes Recipes on Silk from The Ming Dynasty to The Republican Period. Preprints 2022, 2022080443. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0443.v1
Vígio, T.; Vicente Palomino, S.; Montesinos Ferrandis, E.M.; Yusá-Marco, D.J. The Study of Chinese Dyes Recipes on Silk from The Ming Dynasty to The Republican Period. Preprints2022, 2022080443. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0443.v1
APA Style
Vígio, T., Vicente Palomino, S., Montesinos Ferrandis, E.M., & Yusá-Marco, D.J. (2022). The Study of Chinese Dyes Recipes on Silk from The Ming Dynasty to The Republican Period. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0443.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Vígio, T., Eva María Montesinos Ferrandis and Dolores Julia Yusá-Marco. 2022 "The Study of Chinese Dyes Recipes on Silk from The Ming Dynasty to The Republican Period" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0443.v1
Abstract
The article presents a literature review of three Chinese manuscripts containing natural dyes recipes and three containing synthetic dyes from the Ming Dynasty to the Republican Period. The manuscripts mentioned were exclusively used as references and sources. Four databases were used to access the original documents, then, a translation from old mandarin to Spanish was made. For natural dyes, the results show four dyestuffs were commonly used to produce colors, sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan L.), followed by safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.), indigo (Indigofera tinctoria L.), and sophora (S. japonicum L.). While the synthetic dyes exported to or produced in China were mainly bluish, greenish, and violet probably because they were difficult to obtain from natural ones. The literature review of the dyes and their recipes can be a key factor in any art history or conservation study, improving the understanding of how the colors were achieved and as complementary information for analytical analyses. It provides useful details that contribute to the preservation of Chinese dye history on silk heritage.
Keywords
natural dyes; synthetic dyes; silk; recipes; Ming dynasty; Qing dynasty; Republic of China
Subject
Arts and Humanities, Humanities
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