Turner, Annabell · New York : D. Appleton and Company · leaf 16
2 THE STUDY OF FABRICS used for this ^^Tapa cloth," as it is called, was that of the paper mulberry. Perhaps the interlacing of the barks sug- gested other possibilities to the people of that day, for they began rudely to weave together reeds, rushes, and twigs to form baskets and … Courtesy of Marshall Field & Co. Girl Spinning mats, expressing their conception of art and beauty by combinations of color and weave. Beautiful examples of primitive weaving are found in northern South America, Africa, and among the western Indians. It was with the discovery of spinning yarn that…
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