YELLOW OCHRE
Yellow Ochre, or limonite (for its lemon-yellow colour), is a naturally occurring iron ore, which was used as a pigment in Neolithic cave paintings, particularly in Africa, dating to approximately 25000 BCE. Limonite has been mined for the production of iron for at least 4500 years, and more recently was discovered to be an indicator of gold seams.
Prospectors in Lumpkin County, Georgia, dug through limonite to expose quartz veins holding gold deposits at the beginning of the Georgia gold rush, in 1828.
In Ancient Egypt, yellow ochre was used to represent gold, or the eternal, in tomb paintings. While men were portrayed with brown faces, women’s faces in Ancient Egyptian art were always painted with yellow ochre.
Scroll for products dyed with yellow ochre
TYPE 532 ELEPHANT EAR SATCHEL
The Elephant Ear satchel is cut from a single piece of heavy cloth bound around the edges with ecru cotton and folded up, with an ear at each side, riveted through to the back with a brass eyelet.
TYPE 461 BASTE POCKET SHIRT
The Baste Pocket Shirt is named after a tailor's baste- the first rough fitting for a bespoke garment. The shirt is cut with long straight front panels, which are folded up to form a pocket, and back at the fronts to form a cut-away, like the basted front of a bespoke waistcoat.
TYPE 442 BOUND HEM SPLIT TAIL SHIRT
The Bound Hem Split Tail shirt's curved tails run up into the side seam, and are bound separately, creating a sharp angled split at the sides.
TYPE 944 LINED FOLDED MORNING COAT
The Lined Folded Morning Coat is collarless, based on 18th Century frock coats. The fronts and hem are cut round, like a tail coat, and then folded back to created a straight placket and seat.
TYPE 827 DRAWN KNITTED HAT
The Drawn Knitted hat is constructed as a tube, then pulled together with a drawthread at the top, and hand sewn together, forming a gathered top with only one seam.
TYPE 133 BIAS CUT TREWS
Bias cut trews are based on early trousers, which replaced knee-britches worn with knitted hose as practical leg coverings for men. They are cut entirely on the bias, so they will stretch around the knee and seat, shaping to fit the wearer over time.
TYPE 140 CROSS CUT TREWS SHORTS
Cross Cut Trews Shorts are cut with a long side dart, but no side seam, so the fabric joins up all around the outside of the hem. The fabric is cut sideways across the leg, and the seat is fitted with long darts rather than a yoke.
TYPE 440 FOLDED POCKET SHIRT
The front panels of the Folded Pocket shirt are folded up at the hem line, creating a large pocket with a curved bias-bound edge.
