Not a reply to the previous mail about books, but the head`er made me think
about a story i heard about poison dyes.
In about 1840ies i heard there was a new invention with a very bright green
colour. They made wall hangings with this dyed silks and also it became a
very popular colour for fashionable ball dresses. But they didnt realise
that it was a very poisonable dye. The skin would consume the poison.
Have anybody other heard this?
It was a story i heard at Gammel Estrup where they have a room with silk
tapestries in this collour.
Bjarne
Leif og Bjarne Drews
www.my-drewscostumes.dk
http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/
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