A trailing palm tree whose stems are covered with spines. Rattan stems are long and slender and can reach up to 250 metres in length with a diameter of no more than 60 mm. It grows in the tropical forests of equatorial Africa, South America, Australia, India and South-East Asia. There are many varieties of this palm tree, only a few of which are used as raw material for furniture.
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Rattan marrow splint
A thin, even strip obtained by running the rattan marrow through a splitting machine.
A natural or artificial basin in which the foot of the wicker bundles, previously graded, is immersed to allow them to regenerate from winter to spring. This process allows the riseof sap in the wicker strands and makes it possible the peel's detachment at the time of debarking in the spring.
Plantation of willow of different species as a conservatory.
Inclined work surface, used to support the basket maker's work
Starting point of an object. It can be round, oval, square or rectangular and filled with twined weaving, crocane or chain pairing.
Wickerwork characterised by a tightly woven weave on an oak slat support (van, hood for example).
In the body of the basket, the ribs are the strands that occupy the vertical position around which the other wicker is interwoven. They can be fixed in two ways: warped to the bottom mould or stitched into the bottom.
A piece of wood used as a guide to obtain and reproduce a precise shape.
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Wicker field
Place where wicker is grown.
