The history of papermaking in the Philippines /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Cruz, [Calif.] :
Peter and Donna Thomas,
2005.
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| Item Description: | All but six pages measure 27 x 19 cm. The full-size pages contain a total of 11 mounted paper samples. "Seventy-five copies of this book have been letterpress printed on Peter's handmade paper and handbound by Peter and Donna Thomas. The illustrations were printed from linoleum blocks carved by Donna Thomas. ... The cloth used on the binding is called T'nalak. It is woven from abaca fiber by the T'boli people in South Cotabato. The patterns in the cloth are created before the cloth is woven by employing a complex method of ikat, a wax resist tie-dye."--Colophon. The Cushing Library/Laughlin Collection copy is number 33 and is signed on the colophon by the authors. Purchased for the Cushing Library/Laughlin Collection by The Cushing Library. Illustrated title-page with title lettering in black and red. In cloth-covered slipcase with mounted paper label with linocut illustration and title. |
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| Physical Description: | 8 unnumbered pages, 40 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, mounted samples ; 28 x 35 cm. |
| Bibliography: | "Notes & sources" (pages 31-35). |