Marbled Paper
Marbled Paper

Author: Richard J. Wolfe

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780812281880

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For 250 years after its introduction to Europe around 1600, the method of decorating paper known as marbling reigned supreme as the chief means of embellishing the fine work of hand-bookbinders. Richard J. Wolfe reconstructs the rise and fall of the craft and offers the most comprehensive account available of its history, techniques, and patterns. A publication of the A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography Series

Technology, Tradition and Survival
Technology, Tradition and Survival

Author: Richard Tapper

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-11-23

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1135777020

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The contributors address the history, originality, variety and sophistication of traditional science, technology and material culture in the Middle East and Central Asia, their influence on the history of Europe and the West, and the threat posed by modern Western technologies.

Peruvian Featherworks
Peruvian Featherworks

Author: Heidi King

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 2012-12-04

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0300169795

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This title provides an in-depth and authoritative review of feeatherworking traditions in ancient Peru. The book includes a discussion of important recent discoveries, considerations of iconography, and basic technical characteristics of feather works.

Mississippian Village Textiles at Wickliffe
Mississippian Village Textiles at Wickliffe

Author: Penelope B. Drooker

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 1992-09-30

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 0817305920

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Because textiles rarely are preserved in the archaeological record outside of deserts and permafrost areas, in many regions of the world very little is known about their characteristics, functions, production technology, or socioeconomic importance. While this fact is also true of organic fabrics produced during the Mississippian period in southeastern North Anerica, a wide variety of Mississippian textiles has been preserved in the form of impressions on large pottery vessels. From attribute analysis of 1,574 fabrics impressed on Wickliffe pottery sherds and comparison of the impressions with extant Mississippian textile artifacts, Drooker presents the first comparative analysis of these materials and the most inclusive available summary of information on Mississippian textiles.

Columbia River Basketry
Columbia River Basketry

Author: Mary Dodds Schlick

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780295972893

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Based on more than 40 years association with Native American weavers, including 16 years in residence on Northwest Indian reservations, Schlick presents the artistic but also utilitarian baskets made by the people of the mid-Columbia River in the context of the lives of the people who created and used them. She also writes authoritatively about the gathering and processing of materials, and basketry techniques. Including 191 illustrations, 56 in color, this lovely volume is both a sourcebook for basket weavers and a reference for scholars, curators, and collectors. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Textile Techniques in Metal
Textile Techniques in Metal

Author: Arline M. Fisch

Publisher: Lark Books

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9781579905149

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In 'Textile Techniques in Metal', Arline Fisch describes in detail the application of the fibre techniques to precious and non-precious metals, and then goes on to describe the tools and materials required.