Table of Contents
Philippines. Bureau of Education
Foreword.
Philippine Mats.
Bleaching Agents.
Dyes Used on Mat Straws.
Mordants.
Natural Vegetable Dyes.
Materials Used with Mud to Obtain Dark Grays.
Artificial Dyes.
Dyeing.
Suggestions on the Use of Colors in Mats.
Standard Colors.
How to Tone Down Brilliant Colors.
Color Combination.
Colors Obtained from the New Dyes.
Romblon Buri Vegetable Colors.
Tanay Sabutan Colors (Mostly Vegetable).
Stripping Mat Straws.
Kinds of Weaves.
Over-and-Under Weave.
Sawali Weaves.
Simple Sawali.
Panels.
“Woven-in” Borders.
The Romblon Mat.
Making Open Work.
Introducing Color Panel.
Circular Mats.
Radiating Center.
Square Center.
Decorations for Round Mats.
Hexagonal Weave.
Embroidered Mats.
Mat Materials.
Buri Straw.
The Buri Palm.
Preparation.
The Dyeing of Buri Straw.
Types of Buri Mats.
Pandan Straws.
Description of Pandans.
Uses of Pandans.
Kinds of Pandans.
The Common Seashore Pandan.
Varieties of the Common Pandan.
Sabutan.
Sarakat.
The Pandan of Majayjay.
Karagumoy.
Bariu.
Pandans of Minor Utility.
Unidentified Pandans.
Sedge Straws.
Kinds of Sedges.
Botanical.
Tikug.
Samar Mats.
Gathering the Straw.
Bleaching.
Dyeing.
Flattening.
The Weaving of Samar Mats.
The Marketing of Basey Mats.
Bohol Mats.
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