Layering of two laces made in opposite directions.
Categories
Fleur-de-lys lace
Category: glossaire
Categories
Fine wickerwork item
Wickerwork made from small diameter wicker.
Also called nose and crunched-nose A system consisting of two elements that allow the lid to be kept closed on the basket for transport, for example.
A tool for splitting wicker by hand. A pear-shaped piece of hardwood with a fin at the end. The wicker is split prior to the manufacture of splints.
Categories
Splitting machine
Machine pour fendre l’osier mécaniquement. L’osier est fendu avant la fabrication d’éclisses.
Categories
Rattan bark splint
A thin, regular slat obtained by passing the rattan stem with its bark through a splitting machine. Smooth, shiny and darker than rattan marrow or wicker splint.
Also known as peeling or debarking, this is the action of removing the bark from the wicker to obtain white wicker. Formerly done manually, it is now done mechanically using a huller.
Categories
Double crocane weaving
Clôture en crocane dans laquelle deux brins sont placés derrière chaque montant (ici les montants sont également doublés, ce n’est pas forcément le cas).
Categories
Simple open wicker
Work in which ribs and coursons are joined by a trace.
Categories
Strand followed weaving
The strands are laid and worked one by one, with the next one laid in the gap just to the right of the first. This overlap creates a visual spiral effect around the perimeter of the item.