Philippine Mats / Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1

by Philippines. Bureau of Education

Table of Contents

• [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.]
  • [Sedge Straws.]
    • [Kinds of Sedges.]
      • [Botanical.]
      • [Tikug.]
      • [Tayoc-Tayoc.]
  • [A Rush Straw.]
• [Embroidered Mat Designs.]
  • [Circular Mats.]
    • [Design A.]
    • [Design B.]
  • [Circular Fish Design.]
  • [Gecko Design.]
  • [Geometric Design F.]
  • [Geometric Design V.]
  • [Geometric Design X.]
  • [Geometric Design Z.]
  • [Large Banca Design.]
  • [Chick Design.]
  • [Orchid Design.]
  • [Woman Carrying Clothes Design.]
  • [Lavandera Design.]
  • [Man with Bow and Arrow Design.]
  • [Casa Design.]
  • [Chicken Vender Design.]
  • [Carabao, Cart, and Driver Design.]
  • [Rooster Design.]
  • [Carabao Head Design.]
  • [Fishtail Palm Design.]