Madder Red

Chenciner, Robert

doi:10.4324/9780203400432

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“…28 Methods to produce madder red, for example, had been kept secret for thousands of years. 29 In 1869, however, the German chemists Carl Graebe and Carl Lieberman announced:…”

Section: An Exogenous Increase In Patentingmentioning

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Do Patents Weaken the Localization of Innovations? Evidence from World's Fairs

Moser

2011

J. Econ. Hist.

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This article takes advantage of an exogenous shift towards patenting in chemicals to test whether patents contribute to the geographic diffusion of innovations. Data on U.S. innovations that were exhibited at four world fairs between 1851 and 1915 suggest that innovative activity became less localized after patenting rates increased. These changes cannot be explained by changes in the localization of chemical production or economy-wide changes in the localization of innovations.

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“…28 Methods to produce madder red, for example, had been kept secret for thousands of years. 29 In 1869, however, the German chemists Carl Graebe and Carl Lieberman announced:…”

Section: An Exogenous Increase In Patentingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do Patents Weaken the Localization of Innovations? Evidence from World's Fairs

Moser

2011

J. Econ. Hist.

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Rapid and complete prediction of alizarin in solution by combining experimental data with computational methods

Tran,

Rigaud,

Jaber

et al. 2024

Dyes and Pigments

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On the history of madder (Rubia peregrina L., and Rubia tinctorum L.) in pre-modern Iran and the Caucasus

Potts

2022

Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques

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For roughly four thousand years the pulverized roots of both wild (Rubia peregrina L.) and cultivated (Rubia tinctorum L.) madder have been used in Asia, North Africa and Europe as a red dye. Madder’s original, natural habitat extended from Iran to the Mediterranean and madder roots were gathered, processed and used long before the plant was systematically cultivated. Although the red dye derived from madder was put to various uses, the dyeing of fibres for use in textiles and carpets was the primary one, and is first attested c. 2000 BC in Mesopotamian cuneiform sources. In Iran madder’s use can be traced from late Antiquity to the modern era, and may have begun as early as the 1st millennium BC. In the 19th century demand for madder in India and Russia was great, spurring large investment in madder cultivation as a cash crop, both in Iran and in the Caucasus. Documents are presented which provide detailed accounts of both madder cultivation and the processing of the roots for the production of dyestuff. The introduction of synthetic dyes in the 1870s largely eradicated the market for madder-based dye in Eurasia and had a profound impact on the carpet industry, in particular.

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Madder Red

Cited by 4 publications

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Do Patents Weaken the Localization of Innovations? Evidence from World's Fairs

Do Patents Weaken the Localization of Innovations? Evidence from World's Fairs

Rapid and complete prediction of alizarin in solution by combining experimental data with computational methods

On the history of madder (Rubia peregrina L., and Rubia tinctorum L.) in pre-modern Iran and the Caucasus

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