In a message dated 2/1/2011 9:56:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
And Sweeny is set in 1846, Ah, I stand corrected--fell into the trap of "Victorian," when that was actually a time span of 60 or so years. You're right that Perkin didn't discover mauve until 1856. There are very bright purple dyes made from lichens, but they might, as you surmised, have been very expensive. Ann Wass _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
