Alum

Glossary

A double salt of aluminium and potassium that is used as a mordant in textile-dyeing processes, particularly when dyeing natural fibres. In South Asia, it was primarily used to fix reds obtained from madder and other alizarin dyes obtained from plants.

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Alum%newline%A double salt of aluminium and potassium that is used as a mordant in textile-dyeing processes, particularly when dyeing natural fibres. In South Asia, it was primarily used to fix reds obtained from madder and other alizarin dyes obtained from plants.

Chicago	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. “Alum”. Accessed December 17, 2024. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/alum/
MLA	“Alum.” MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/alum/. Accessed 17, December, 2024.
Harvard	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. (2022) Alum. [Online]. Available at: https://mapacademy.io/glossary/alum/. (Accessed: 17, December, 2024)