Baskets and Basketmakers in Southern Appalachia

by John Rice Irwin

Book Overview

This is perhaps the country's most authentic and colorful book on American baskets and the interesting people who made them. Although this in-depth people-oriented book is centered on basketry in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and the surrounding area, basketmaking in Europe, New England, Pennsylvania, and other parts of the country is examined as a means of comparing and contrasting forms, materials and designs. Indian baskets, especially...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916838617
• ISBN13: 9780916838614
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Schiffer Craft
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.9"