Bleu de Lectoure

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Mar 1, 201000:57:51Arts

Inspired by both the colour and the plant, the Lamberts created Bleu de Lectoure in 1994. Soon their lives were given up to woad. It took more than two years working with chemists from the University of Toulouse to uncov...

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