The decoration was painted realistically on the white silk and covered with wax.
The bottom of the piece for about four or five inches was kept in the dye-bath until most of the color was exhausted. A small amount of red was added to the bath and little by little the material was immersed in the bath until about two-thirds of the goods were dyed.
The top of the material was dyed blue in like manner.
The bottom is a brilliant red, the top a bright blue and the center different values of purple and pale lavender.
The pictures of Mr. George Somnes and Mrs. Eugene Fife as Naisi and Dierdre, in “Dierdre of the Sorrows,” page [107], illustrate some of the hand-dyed costumes for this play.
HAND DYED COSTUMES FROM THE LITTLE THEATER
Mrs. Fife’s cloak was a beautiful clear blue; her dress a dark red; the tie-dyed veil a deep purple; the design an intense yellow-gold.