Osage
Item
Identifier
2025.057
Title
Osage
Alternative Title
Maclura pomifera
Type
Material
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Description
Osage contains a yellow dye similar to fustic and black oak and yields clear, true yellows to soft yellow greens that have a high light and washfastness. It yields good depth of shade at 15-30% WOF. Osage grows throughout the south and central United States. The tree was originally planted to help with wind erosion, the wood was used to build fences and was hard enough for wagon wheels. Osage has overgrown many areas and is being cut down for firewood. Our supplier rescues these logs and chips them for us or soaks them in water and through a solar process extracts the liquid concentrate.
Subject
dye materials; dye; dyes; dyeing; yellow; green
Source
Purchased from Maiwa
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