The Shuttle-craft Book of American Hand-weaving
Title | The Shuttle-craft Book of American Hand-weaving PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Meigs Atwater |
Publisher | |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1951 |
Genre | Hand weaving |
ISBN |
The Shuttle-craft Book of American Hand-weaving
Title | The Shuttle-craft Book of American Hand-weaving PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Meigs Atwater |
Publisher | |
Pages | 341 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | Textile design |
ISBN |
The Shuttle-Craft Book on American Hand-Weaving
Title | The Shuttle-Craft Book on American Hand-Weaving PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Meigs Atwater |
Publisher | Mason Press |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 2008-10 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 144377622X |
FOREWORD A TRUE national popular art-shaped by the necessities and colored by the dreams of a whole people is a deeply touching and a very precious thing. We in America are a young nation, but there have been years enough for a true national popular art to grow up among us, to develop characteristic forms of beauty, to flourish greatly, to languish, and finally to be revived. There is now no danger that it will ever become a lost art. The following pages are dedicated in loving gratitude to the unnamed artists of Americas early day, and are offered to the new craftsmen of Americas great present in the hope of adding a little to the general appreciation of a fine and a beautiful thing.....
Shuttle-craft Book of American Hand-weaving
Title | Shuttle-craft Book of American Hand-weaving PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Meigs Atwater |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Weaving |
ISBN |
The Shuttle-Craft Book On American Hand-Weaving - Being an Account of the Rise, Development, Eclipse, and Modern Revival of a National Popular Art
Title | The Shuttle-Craft Book On American Hand-Weaving - Being an Account of the Rise, Development, Eclipse, and Modern Revival of a National Popular Art PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Meigs Atwater |
Publisher | Read Books Ltd |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2014-12-03 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1447497562 |
This antiquarian book contains a detailed treatise on American hand-weaving, being 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 weaver, and a large collection of historical patterns. This comprehensive yet accessible guide will be of considerable value to those with an interest in weaving and its history, and it would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: Origins and Development, The Scope of this Book, Beginner's Problems, Design of the Fabric, Choice of Pattern and Color, Setting up the Loom, The Tie-Up, Weaving, The Plain Weave, The Twill Weave, etcetera. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
The Shuttle-craft Book of American Hand-weaving
Title | The Shuttle-craft Book of American Hand-weaving PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Meigs Atwater |
Publisher | |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 1928 |
Genre | Textile design |
ISBN |
The Shuttle-craft Book of American Hand-weaving /cMary M. Atwater
Title | The Shuttle-craft Book of American Hand-weaving /cMary M. Atwater PDF eBook |
Author | Mary M. Atwater |
Publisher | |
Pages | 281 |
Release | 1956 |
Genre | |
ISBN |