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This book is a complete guide to canework and contains:

  • An introduction to the history of basket-making.
  • Some Notes on Cane and its uses: Bibliography
  • Hints for the worker: materials, Tools and technical Terms
  • Methods of weaving Borders
  • Various Types of Handles for Baskets
  • Trays and Baskets with Wooden Bases
  • Baskets with cane bases
  • How to line various cane work Baskets
  •  Suggested Schedules


An outline scheme for a four-year course in cane basketry.


 

Canework by Charles Crampton Vintage Book c1954 Basket Making History

£9.95Price
  • Title: Canework
    Author: Charles Crampton
    Publisher: The Dryad Press
    Publication Date: 1954
    Format: Hardback

    Condition: •Title: CaneworkAuthor: Charles CramptonPublisher: The Dryad PressPublication Date: 1954Format: HardbackCondition: Red covers which are in a good condition with fading to spine. No dust jacket. The pages are very clean with no ink or pencil marks. Fully illustrated with photographic plates and diagram drawings.

    Book measures 22cm x 14cm with 135 pages.

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