Author: Isabel Buschman
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780810824034
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Buschman annotates more than 550 books and periodical titles published on the techniques and history of handweaving from 1928 through October 1989. She includes works on how to weave_basic weaving texts, books on looms and equipment, and patterns both for weaving and for woven articles; handweaving history and historic fabrics from around the world; works on Native American weaving, ranging from the Chilkats of the Northwest coast of North America, to the Pueblos and Navajos of our Southwest, Mexico, and Central America, and on through the rich weaving culture of the Andes; reference works containing specialized bibliographies and information on fibers, dyes, education and marketing; and periodicals. With author, title, and subject indexes.
Author: Mary Meigs Atwater
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Published: 2013-04-16
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 1447497562
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Shuttle-Craft Book of American Hand-Weaving' by Mary Meigs Atwater contains an account of the rise, development, eclipse, and modern revival of a national popular art. Together with information of interest and value to collectors, technical notes for the use of weavers, & a large collection of historic patterns.