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Title: Philippine Mats
Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1

Author: Hugo H. Miller
John F. Minier
U. S. Andes
Theodore Muller
Alice Brezina

Release Date: January 4, 2010 [EBook #30850]

Language: English

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The Government of the Philippine Islands

Department of Public Instruction

Bureau of Education

Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series

No. 1

Philippine Mats

Manila

Bureau of Printing

1913

FOREWORD.

The present bulletin is a reprint from The Philippine Craftsman,
Vol. I, Nos. 3, 4, and 5, and is issued in this form for the purpose
of placing in the hands of teachers a convenient manual for use in
giving instruction in this important branch of industrial work. In
it are contained directions for the preparation of materials for mat
making, with suggestive color schemes for these materials and details
for weaving a number of approved Philippine designs.

The use of mats for sleeping and other household purposes is universal
through the extreme Orient. Suitable mat materials abound in these
Islands, and when proper attention shall have been given to the
artistic and decorative side of their manufacture, the mat industry
may well become a source of considerable revenue in thousands of
Filipino homes.

The Bureau of Education has for some years past been endeavoring to
improve the designs used as well as the workmanship of Philippine mats,
in order that the article produced shall be typ