DOI issue:
No. 215 (February, 1911)
DOI article:Wheatley, Oliver: Japanese ornamental basket work
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20972#0073
Japanese Ornamental Basket IVork
of Economic Botany at Kew, for their courtesy in'
placing examples at my disposal for illustrating this
article. The baskets shown in figs. 3, 4, 7, 14, 26, 28,
29, 30, were photographed at the Exhibition, where
the Japanese basket-making industry was represented
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fig. 29.—hand bag
by a very interesting group of ex-
hibits ; those shown in figs. 5, 6, 8—
13 are at South Kensington, and the
five examples illustrated in figs. 21—25
are in the Museum at Kew. The
others (figs. 15—19) belong to the
Editor. O. W.
fig. 28.—hand bag
work, either open or set against a background, and
if a very substantial treatment is desired it could be
woven into the wood-framing itself. It is not even
necessary, however, to stop here. Midway between
basket-weaving and joinery is wood-bending, and some
of the feats which are performed by this process are,
when seen for the first time, truly astounding. Its
efficiency as a practical art consists, like basket manipu-
lation, in enabling wood to take other forms than angular
ones, dispensing with jointing, and thereby combining
strength with lightness.
In conclusion, my thanks are due to the Japanese
officials of the Japan-British Exhibition, and the Keepers
at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Museum fig. 30.—vase encased in a basket
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of Economic Botany at Kew, for their courtesy in'
placing examples at my disposal for illustrating this
article. The baskets shown in figs. 3, 4, 7, 14, 26, 28,
29, 30, were photographed at the Exhibition, where
the Japanese basket-making industry was represented
- - - " ■ '* i i '»*'** 9
fig. 29.—hand bag
by a very interesting group of ex-
hibits ; those shown in figs. 5, 6, 8—
13 are at South Kensington, and the
five examples illustrated in figs. 21—25
are in the Museum at Kew. The
others (figs. 15—19) belong to the
Editor. O. W.
fig. 28.—hand bag
work, either open or set against a background, and
if a very substantial treatment is desired it could be
woven into the wood-framing itself. It is not even
necessary, however, to stop here. Midway between
basket-weaving and joinery is wood-bending, and some
of the feats which are performed by this process are,
when seen for the first time, truly astounding. Its
efficiency as a practical art consists, like basket manipu-
lation, in enabling wood to take other forms than angular
ones, dispensing with jointing, and thereby combining
strength with lightness.
In conclusion, my thanks are due to the Japanese
officials of the Japan-British Exhibition, and the Keepers
at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Museum fig. 30.—vase encased in a basket
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