Basketry
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This book, now in paperback, was the first to provide a worldwide survey of basketmaking, revealing common solutions to design and construction, within a dazzling range of styles.
The book includes over eighty individual topics:
• Materials – from bamboo and bark, rattan and rushes, to palms, grasses and synthetic fibres
• Techniques – from twining and plaiting, to coiling, linking and looping
• Decoration – from natural colours and dyes, to embroidery and embellishment
• Everyday basketry – from cradles and carrying, fishing and storage, to rites of passage
• Wider applications – from art to hats, from architecture to transport
Complete with advice on collecting, a glossary, information on where to see baskets, a bibliography and over 830 illustrations of baskets and basketry, this is essential for anyone concerned with art, craft, decorative objects and interior design.
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