Help: Tapa Cloth Pattern books/Web sites? - General Tiki

DL Deery Luau Member Baltimore, MD Joined: Oct 06, 2004 Posts: 89	DL Deery Luau Posted posted on Wed, Feb 16, 2005 1:04 PM Hi all! I am an interior design student, working on wallcoverings for the imaginary Polynesian Deluxe Hotel set in San Francisco. I created this hotel last Summer, when I had to select the floorcoverings for it. (Got an A+! Go tiki!) Anyhow, I have been scouring the Internet for good examples of native tapa cloth patterns from Polynesia, but am having bad luck finding any. Does anyone know of any books or Web sites that show good examples? I have found plenty of bark cloth patterns from the 1950s (some of which I will be using), but I really would like to see some native patterns. Can anyone help me out here? Mahalo! Deery Luau [ Edited by: Deery Luau on 2005-02-16 13:05 ]

Hi all!

I am an interior design student, working on wallcoverings for the imaginary Polynesian Deluxe Hotel set in San Francisco. I created this hotel last Summer, when I had to select the floorcoverings for it. (Got an A+! Go tiki!)

Anyhow, I have been scouring the Internet for good examples of native tapa cloth patterns from Polynesia, but am having bad luck finding any.

Does anyone know of any books or Web sites that show good examples? I have found plenty of bark cloth patterns from the 1950s (some of which I will be using), but I really would like to see some native patterns.

Can anyone help me out here?

Mahalo!
Deery Luau

[ Edited by: Deery Luau on 2005-02-16 13:05 ]

Post #141585 by Deery Luau on Wed, Feb 16, 2005 1:04 PM