Cochineal red the art history of a color

Author:

Phipps, Elena

Format:

Video/DVD

Language:

English

Imprint:

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2010]

Subject:

Cochineal - History
Dyes and dyeing - Textile fibers - Europe - History
Textile fabrics - New York (State) - New York

Contributor:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Description:

1 streaming video file (32 min., 34 sec.) : digital, FLV file, sd., col

Notes:

Title from title frames

Summary:

Elena Phipps, textile historian, discusses the history of the red dye derived from the insect cochineal using objects in the Metropolitan Museum's collection as examples