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Published January 3, 2023 in Henry Rzepa's Blog

I have previously looked at the pigments used to colour the Book of Kells, which dates from around 800 AD and which contained arsenic sulfide as the yellow colourant. The Bayeaux tapestry is a later embroidery dating probably from around 1077 and here the colours are based entirely on mordanted natural dyes.

References

Process Chemistry and TechnologyGeneral Chemical Engineering

Bayeux Tapestry: First use of early synthetic dyes for the restoration of a masterpiece

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110798

Published January 1, 2023 in Dyes and Pigments

Authors Clarisse Chavanne, Antoine Verney, Clémentine Paquier-Berthelot, Martin Bostal, Pascal Buléon, Philippe Walter

General Chemistry

XLIX.—Luteolin. Part II

https://doi.org/10.1039/ct8966900799

Published January 1, 1896 in J. Chem. Soc., Trans.

Author A. G. Perkin

A look at (one of) the dyes used in the Bayeaux tapestry.

References

Bayeux Tapestry: First use of early synthetic dyes for the restoration of a masterpiece

XLIX.—Luteolin. Part II