Weaving with Paper Rope – 1922 Vintage Dennison Craft Book | Digital Download
$8.00
DIGITAL DOWNLOAD – no physical item will be shipped.
A wonderful vintage craft manual originally published by Dennison Manufacturing Company in 1922. Weaving with Paper Rope is a beautifully illustrated instructional booklet devoted to making baskets, trays, vases, lamps and other decorative pieces using crepe paper rope and wire.
The booklet includes practical step-by-step guidance on shaping wires, constructing handles, forming basket bases, creating different basket shapes, using plain and fancy weaves, finishing edges and working with Dennison crepe paper rope. It is an excellent resource for vintage craft enthusiasts, basketmakers, historical textile and paper-craft researchers, collage artists, junk journal creators and anyone interested in early 20th-century domestic crafts.
Inside you’ll find:
- General paper-rope weaving instructions
- Basket bases and shaping techniques
- Wire-forming guidance
- Basket handle construction
- Plain and fancy weave methods
- Edge finishing techniques
- Basket, tray, vase and lamp designs
- Original vintage illustrations and typography
Publication details:
Dennison Manufacturing Company
Framingham, Massachusetts
1922
Historic New England catalogs the booklet as a 1922 Dennison Manufacturing Company instructional manual for creating baskets, vases, trays and lamps with crepe paper rope and wire.
Delivery: This listing is for a digital file only. The download file will be supplied separately after purchase.
Collections: ALL PRODUCTS, DIGITAL PRINTABLES, DIGITAL PRINTABLES (JUNK JOURNAL), DIGITAL PRODUCTS, EPHEMERA, JUNK JOURNALLING, VINTAGE POSTERS DIGITAL DOWNLOADS
Type: DIGITAL PRINTABLES
Category: 1920S, BASKET MAKING, CRAFT BOOK, CREPE PAPER, DENNISON, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD, DIGITAL PRINTABLES, EPHEMERA, JUNK JOURNAL, PAPER CRAFT, VINTAGE CRAFT, VINTAGE ILLUSTRATION, WEAVING
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