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MauveSimon Garfield

Mauve

Simon Garfield
2000232 pages
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Explains how English chemist William Perkin accidentally discovered a way to mass-produce color in a factory in 1856, and discusses how his discovery of the color mauve changed the fashion industry.

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5 editions
  • Hardcover · English · 2001
    Diane Pub Co · 9780756750251
  • Other · English · 2002
    W. W. Norton & Company · 242 pages · 9780393323139
  • Other · English · 2001
    Faber and Faber · 224 pages · 9780571209170
  • Other · English · 2001
    W. W. Norton & Company · 222 pages · 9780393020052
  • Other · English · 2000
    Faber and Faber · 222 pages · 9780571201976
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