Novel about a woman weaver/dyer in the ancient Mediterranean

[frs56]

I'm looking for a book I read 10+ years ago. It was a large format book (not large print, just larger than the airport paperback.)
The main character was a woman who worked with fabric for the royals (I'm thinking purple, but it could have indigo)
I'm thinking she was either a Dyer or a weaver.
The book was set in ancient times and I'm thinking it was in Istanbul but it could have been Greece. I do remember it was a coastal city. The original purple comes from the phoenician city of Lye, so it could have been there.
Thanks in advance.

Comments

[cyphomandra]

Is it Gillian Bradshaw’s Imperial Purple?

Thanks!

[frs56]

Hmm. This could be it. I dont recall that much of the plot and I dont recognize the cover (but I had a paperback, not the hardcover depicted on amazon. but the situation of the weaver sounds extremely familiar. My mom was looking for it and l get her to check it out.

[terrypurple73]

Not a historical novel, but Lois Lowry's Gathering Blue is about a weaver/dyer.

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