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Fashionable pee: cleaning, dyeing, and tanning

A short story about the ways fabrics were processed in the past

Do you long for white, soft and bright clothing and always try to get hold of the best cleansers? Maybe the solution is easier and cheaper than you think. Can you guess what this solution is? If you...

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Roman fullers

Mosaic in the National Archaelogical Museum in Neaples (IT) showing fullers at work
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Fullers

Romans fullers at work. Mural painting now in the National Museum of Naples (IT)
Image: Julia Veldhuijzen van Zanten

Washable protective underwear designed by Julia…

Underwear and related accessories to wash it and re-use. This garment was created by social designer Julia van Zanten to counter practical and emotional problems caused by urinary incontinence in...
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Ammonia

A dangerous chemical element
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Roman fullers

Mosaic now to be seen at the National Museum in Neaples (IT)
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Dyeing wool cloth

Image taken from British Library Royal MS 15.E.iii, f. 269

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