The complete book of basketry

The complete book of basketry

Dorothy Wright, 1910-

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Subjects
Basket making.
Published
Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications 2001.
Language
English
Main Author
Dorothy Wright, 1910- (-)
Edition
Dover ed
Item Description
Unabridged republication of the third edition of the work: The complete book of baskets and basketry / Dorothy Wright. Newton Abbot : David & Charles, 1992.
Physical Description
208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-200) and index.
ISBN
9780486418056
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Materials and their preparation
  • Willow
  • Cane
  • Rush
  • Raffia
  • Straw
  • Grasses and Creepers
  • Palms
  • Coppice Woods
  • Other Materials
  • 3. Techniques
  • Stake-and-Strand
  • Designing
  • Willow
  • Tools
  • Working
  • Weaves
  • Bases
  • Staking-up
  • Borders
  • Handles
  • Making a Foot
  • Recipes
  • Cane
  • Tools
  • Weaves
  • Decorative Weaves
  • Bases
  • Borders
  • Handles
  • Lids and Ledges
  • Notches
  • Ties and Trimmings
  • Recipes
  • Rush
  • Tools
  • Notes on Working
  • Weaves
  • Bases
  • Borders
  • Handles
  • Lids
  • Plaiting or Braiding
  • Recipes
  • Frame or Ribbed
  • Construction
  • Weaves
  • Handles
  • Recipes
  • Coiled
  • History
  • Design
  • Construction
  • Stitches
  • Oval Mat or Base
  • Hints on Working
  • Plaited
  • History and Design
  • Construction
  • Recipes
  • Twined
  • History
  • Construction
  • 4. Baskets of the United States of America
  • The Settlers
  • Early Days
  • New England
  • Shakers
  • Pennsylvania 'Dutch'
  • Appalachian Mountains
  • Nantucket
  • Gullah
  • Atlantic Coast, Canada
  • The North American Indians
  • Ceremonial
  • Origins
  • North East
  • Mississippi Valley
  • Far North
  • North
  • West Coast
  • British Columbia and Washington
  • Coast-Columbia River
  • Central California
  • South West
  • 5. Care and repair
  • General Maintenance
  • Repairs
  • 6. Miscellany
  • Sowing and Winnowing Baskets
  • Fishing Baskets
  • Market Baskets
  • Victoriana
  • Modern Rattles
  • 7. Basketry in Perspective
  • Agriculture
  • Domestic and Personal
  • Transport
  • The Industry
  • Materials
  • Glossary of Basketmakers' Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements
  • Index

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