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An artificial dye mauve was discovered by a 19th-century chemist called William Perkin while searching for a synthetic alternative to natural quinine. This book examines how the different worlds of fashion industry business chemistry and medicine were transformed by a single colour.
TITLE: Mauve
AUTHOR: Simon Garfield
SKU: 9780571209170
PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber
DATE PUBLISHED: 03/09/2001
PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom
PAGES: 240
BINDING: Paperback / softback
LANGUAGE: English
DIMENSIONS: 125 mm x 197 mm