T-BG1  Folk art in Texas.  Francis Edward Abernethy, ed.  Denton: Univ. of North Texas Pr., 1985.  209 p.  ill., maps (some color).  (Texas Folklore Soc. pub., no. 45)  $35 ISBN 0-87074-210-8 (cloth)
Also available: netLibrary
    Folk art, folk culture, crafts, needle arts, and artists. Bibliography and index.

T-BG2  Hecho en Tejas: Texas-Mexican folk arts and crafts.  Joe S. Graham, ed.  Denton: Univ. of North Texas Pr., 1997.  xi, 357 p.  ill., maps.  (Texas Folklore Soc. pub., no. 50)  $29.95 ISBN 0-929398-33-5 (cloth); $17.95 ISBN 1-57441-038-5 (paper)
Also available: netLibrary
    Collection of essays surveying Mexican-American and Texas folk arts and culture, including costume, quilts, paper flowers and pinatas, religious folk art, yard art, and roadside crosses. Includes a bibliography of Texas-Mexican material culture and index.

T-BG3  Texas folk art: one-hundred fifty years of the Southwestern tradition.  Cecilia Steinfeldt.  Austin: Texas Monthly Pr., 1981.  302 p.  ill. (some color)  ISBN 0-93201-222-1 (limited ed., cloth); ISBN 0-93201-218-3 (cloth)
    Catalog of an exhibition entitled "A survey of native Texas artists". Excellent plates. Arts include painting and drawing, furniture and metalwork, pottery, needle arts, and woodwork. Includes bibliography and index.

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T-BG4  Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.  URL: http://www.crafthouston.org
    Houston museum for crafts established in 2000 presents rotating craft shows by artists in all mediums. Crafts workshops, artist in residence program, and special events.

T-BG5  Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, Texas.     URL: http://www.swschool.org/
Campus on the National Register of Historic Places, includes museum with guided tours and public programs; crafts classes for children and adults; special programs in schools, shelters and community centers; Fiesta Arts Fair.

T-BG6  TCAnet (Texas Cultural & Arts Network), Texas Commission on the Arts.  URL: http://www.arts.state.tx.us/crafts/
    Links for crafts artists in basket weaving, candles and flat glass, ceramics, glass blowing, jewelry, metalsmithing, musical instruments, textiles and leather, weaving and needle craft, woodworking. Includes shows, fairs and festivals, publications, workshops, and other resources and opportunities for artists. See also T-BF36.

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T-BG7  Texas vernacular ceramics, 1845-1945: a selection from the Bill Komodore collection: Brookhaven College Center for the Arts, Studio Gallery, March 4-30, 1998.  Bill Komodore, David Newman.  Farmers Branch: Brookhaven College, 1998. 15 l. ill., map.
    Exhibition catalog of early Texas functional pottery. Map and descriptions of early potteries and their owners. Description of ceramic practices. Includes bibliography.

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T-BG8  Buckskin and homespun: frontier Texas clothing, 1820-1870.  David Hilman, Billie Persons; drawings by Pat Massey.  Austin: Wind River Pr., 1979.  130 p.  ill. (some color), facs., ports.  $120 ISBN 0-685-00714-6 (cloth)
    Photographs and drawings of formal, frontier, ethnic, and buckskin dress worn in Texas. Fabrics highlighted. Includes bibliography and index.

T-BG9  Calico chronicle: Texas women and their fashions, 1830-1910.  Betty J. Mills.  Lubbock: Texas Tech Univ. Pr., 1985.  192 p.  ill.  ISBN 0-89672-129-9 (cloth); $15.95 ISBN 0-89672-128-0 (paper)
    Popularly written, thoroughly documented history of fashion in rural and urban areas. Features dresses, hats, and accessories. Well-illustrated. Includes glossary, bibliography, and index.

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T-BG10  Inside Texas: culture, identity, and houses, 1878-1920.  Cynthia A. Brandimarte.  Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ. Pr., 1991.  xvi, 460 p.  ill.  $60 ISBN 0-87565-092-9 (cloth)
    296 interior photographs and well-researched historical documentation. Includes appendices, glossary, bibliography, and index.

T-BG11  Early Texas furniture and decorative arts.  Cecilia Steinfeldt, Donald Stover.  San Antonio: pub. for the San Antonio Museum Assoc. by Trinity Univ. Pr., 1975.  viii, 263 p.  ill. (some color)
    Catalog of an exhibition held at the Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Jun. 16-Dec. 31, 1973. Furniture and decorative arts from mid to late 19th century. Includes index.

T-BG12  Rules and regulations of the Board: regulating the practice of interior design: for clarification and uniform application and enforcement of the Texas Interior Designers Registration Law as amended by HB 2289 of the 73rd session of the Legislature, 1993.  Austin: Texas Board of Architectural Examiners, 1996.  41 p.
Also available: http://www.tbae.state.tx.us/active/interior.html
    Information for interior design professionals, including licensing, testing information and centers, education, and all applicable rules and regulations for operating as a licensed interior designer.

T-BG13  Texas furniture: the cabinetmakers and their work, 1840-1880.  Lonn Taylor, David B. Warren; fore. by Ima Hogg.  Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1975.  xi, 387 p.  ill., maps.  ISBN 0-292-73801-3 (cloth)
    Published with the cooperation of the Bayou Bend Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Winedale Museum, Univ. of Texas at Austin. Includes photographs of 222 representative pieces of furniture accompanied by detailed descriptions. An annotated list of cabinetmakers summarizes information on over 850 craftsmen working in Texas between 1850 and 1870. Includes glossary, bibliography, and index.

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T-BG14  Cowboy spurs and their makers.  Jane Pattie; fore. by Donald E. Worcester; introd. by B. Byron Price.  College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1991.  xvii, 172 p.  ill. (some color)  (Centennial ser. of the Assoc. of Former Students, no. 37)  $39.95 ISBN 0-89096-343-6 (cloth)
    History of spurs and craftsmen who made them. Includes appendix of spur makers, bibliography, and index.

T-BG15  Firearms of the American West.  Louis A. Garvaglia, Charles G. Worman.  Repr. of Univ. of New Mexico Pr. 1984 ed.  Niwot, CO: Univ. Pr. of Colorado, 1997.  2 v.  $59.95 ISBN 0-87081-483-4 (v. 1, cloth); $59.95 ISBN 0-87081-466-4 (v. 2, cloth)
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    Contents: v. 1, 1803-1865; v. 2, 1866-1894. Photographic identification of American firearms and the men who used them. Extensive narrative history. Includes bibliographies and index.

T-BG16  Southwestern colonial ironwork: the Spanish blacksmithing tradition from Texas to California.  Marc Simmons, Frank Turley.  Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Pr., 1980.  xvi, 199 p.  ill.  (Ser. in Southwestern culture)  ISBN 0-89013-127-9 (cloth); ISBN 0-89013-128-7 (paper)
    Well-illustrated history of ironwork from 1500s to 1850. Includes tools, iron for horses and ranching, the home and builder’s hardware, and mission church iron. Includes glossary of Spanish terms, bibliography, and index.

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T-BG17  A field guide to stone artifacts of Texas Indians.  Ellen Sue Turner, Thomas R. Hester; ill. by Kathy Roemer.  2nd ed.  Houston: Gulf Pub., 1993.  xii, 395 p.  ill., maps.  (Texas Monthly field guide ser.)  ISBN 0-87719-230-8 (cloth); ISBN 0-87719222-7 (paper)
    Well-illustrated resource with chronology, descriptions of manufacture, and locations of tools. Extensive bibliography.

T-BG18  The Indian rock art of the Southwest.  Polly Schaafsma.  Repr. of 1980 ed.  Santa Fe, NM: Univ. of New Mexico Pr., 1986.  xii, 379 p.  ill., maps (some color).  (School of American research, Southwest Indian art ser.)  $39.95 ISBN 0-82630-913-5 (paper)
    Well-documented introduction to rock paintings and petroglyphs. Extensive photographs, drawings, and location maps. Includes bibliography and index.

T-BG19  Navajo saddle blankets: textiles to ride in the American West.  Lane Coulter, ed.  Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Pr., 2002.  144 p.  ill., map (chiefly color).  $50 ISBN 0-89013-406-5 (cloth); $29.95 ISBN 0-89013-407-3 (paper)
    Essays on history of Navajo blanket weaving from 1650s to present. Covers techniques. Includes bibliographical references and index.

T-BG20  Rain: native expressions from the American Southwest.  Ann Marshall; intro. by Ofelia Zepeda.  Phoenix, AZ: Heard Museum; Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Pr., 2000.  143 p.  ill. (chiefly color)  $32.50 ISBN 0-89013-344-1 (paper)
    Exhibition catalog with works by Native American artists using symbols of rain, thunder, lightning, clouds, rainbows, and water animals. Includes bibliography and index.

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T-BG21  Texas on stamps.  Jon L. Allen.  Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ. Pr., 1996.  viii, 128 p.  ill.  $14.95 ISBN 0-875 65-164-X (paper)
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    Illustrations and descriptions of U.S. and world stamps depicting Texas history and events, people, and locations. Includes bibliography and index.

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T-BG22  Saddles.  Russel H. Beatie; fore. by Dean Krakel; ill. by Nancy K. Niles, Judy Osburn.  Norman, OK: Univ. of Oklahoma Pr., 1981.  xiv, 391 p.  ill., maps.  $69.95 ISBN 0-8061-1584-X (cloth)
Also available: netLibrary
    History of saddles and parts of the saddle. Includes list of early saddlemakers, glossary, bibliography, and index.

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T-BG23  Lone stars, v. I: a legacy of Texas quilts, 1836-1936.  Karoline Patterson Bresenhan, Nancy O’Bryant Puentes; fore. by Jonathan Holstein.  Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1986.  156 p.  ill. (chiefly color)  $29.95 ISBN 0-292-74649-0 (paper)
    62 historic Texas quilts, detailed quilt descriptions, and biographies of quiltmakers. Includes bibliography.

T-BG24  Lone stars, v. II: a legacy of Texas quilts, 1936-1986.  Karoline Patterson Bresenhan, Nancy O’Bryant Puentes.  Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1990.  195 p.  ill. (chiefly color)  $39.95 ISBN 0-292-74658-X (cloth); $27.95 ISBN 0-292-74671-7 (paper)
    Exhibition catalog picturing 81 quilts of traditional, abstract, and experimental design. Historical background of quiltmaking in Texas. Includes bibliography.

T-BG25  Texas fiber guild.  URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/texasfiberguild/
    Resource for fiber artists in Texas and neighboring states who spin, weave, knit, crochet, tat, hook, or engage in other fiber related activities. Free membership.

T-BG26  Texas flags.  Robert Maberry, Jr.; fore. by Peter C. Marzio.   College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr. in assoc. with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001.   xxv, 198 p.   ill., maps.   $50 ISBN 1-58544-151-1 (cloth); ISBN 1-58544-166-X (paper)
    Companion to MFAH exhibit “Texas Flags: 1836-1945.” Bibliography, index, 32 col. plates and 109 other ill.

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