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Big Chief tablet. The Big Chief tablet is a popular writing notebook designed for young children in the United States. It is made with newsprint paper and features widely spaced lines, easier to use for those learning to write. The tablet has a prominent representation of an American Indian man in full headdress on the cover, hence the name ...
Big Chief Tablets. Big Chief probably wouldn't fly today (just ask the embattled Chief Wahoo) but these ubiquitous thick red tablets were a common sight on school desks throughout the '50s, '60s ...
Charles Warrell. Charles Warrell (23 April 1889 - 26 November 1995) was an English schoolteacher, and creator of the I-Spy books, a series of spotters' guides written for British children and first published in 1949. [1] In his role as creator and publisher of the books, Warrell was known pseudonymously as Big Chief I-Spy .
Third phase Chief's blanket, circa 1870–1880. Navajo weaving (Navajo: diyogí) are textiles produced by Navajo people, who are based near the Four Corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly regarded and have been sought after as trade items for more than 150 years. Commercial production of handwoven blankets and rugs has ...
Platinum Jive. Platinum Jive is an album by the American band Big Chief, released in 1994. [1][2] Subtitled " (Greatest Hits 1969-1999)", the band presented it as a greatest hits collection, although it is made up entirely of original songs. [3] Released by Capitol Records, Platinum Jive was the band's major label debut, and also their final ...
William Morris (1834-1898), a founder of the British Arts and Crafts movement, sought to restore the prestige and methods of hand-made crafts, including textiles, in opposition to the 19th century tendency toward factory-produced textiles. With this goal in mind, he created his own workshop and designed dozens of patterns for hand-produced ...
Strawberry Thief is one of William Morris 's most popular repeating designs for textiles. [1] It takes as its subject the thrushes that Morris found stealing fruit in his kitchen garden of his countryside home, Kelmscott Manor, in Oxfordshire. To print the pattern Morris used the painstaking indigo dye textile printing method he admired above ...
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