Tecelagem

1959 · ref. 59254 — Goteborg Sweden: Wezata Forlag 1959. Tall 8vo. 128 pp. Colour plates weaving patterns & designs photo illustrations text diagrams throughout. Quarter-beige cloth over colour-illustrated boards black lettering on spine minor shelfwear slight rubbing to lower fore-edges still NF copy signed by author on ffep. First edition in English signed of this exceptional and influential Mid-20th-Century work on Swedish handweaving and design. Selander heavily influenced American weavers not only with her Weaving patterns 1956 and the present title but her extended workshop and lecture tour in 1960 through 28 cities. Not only did she introduce techniques of colour blending of strands to enrich the colour pallet but also advised on how to design their own cloth patterns. See: Marion Marzolf The Swedish Presence in 20th-Century American Weaving Textile Society of American Symposium Proceedings 314 2006. Wezata Forlag, hardcover