The Shuttle-Craft Book of 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 Weavers, & a Large Collection of Historic Patterns

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1975. Eleventh printing. Hardcover. Sunflower yellow cloth/boards with copper lettering. White dj with yellow/blue woven eagle illus. and navy blue lettering. 346 pp. with 162 bw illus. and diagrams. Clean and tight internally but with price sticker and stamp on front end papers, lightly cocked binding, and woiled dj that is wearing at edges. Item #149500

The origins and development of weaving in America, its rise and decline, and current revival, along with the actual elements: equipment, materials, design, fabric, warp-setting, knots, color and pattrn, weaves, etc. Weaves are introduced from Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, and the American Southwest. Includes the following designs: Whig Rose, modern 25 Snowballs, Tennessee Trouble, Walls of Jericho, Lee's Surrender, and many others. LOTS of information.

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