Rattan

Rattan
Author: Lulu Lytle
Publsiher: Rizzoli Publications
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780847868902

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Rattan furnishings evoke the glamour and laid back elegance of exotic beach houses as well as the informal beauty of plant filled garden rooms and sun dappled verandas. Long fascinated with rattan's versatility, designer Lulu Lytle examines the enduring appeal of this sustainable tropical palm in RATTAN: A WORLD OF ELEGANCE AND CHARM. The first book in decades to examine the history and craftsmanship of rattan furniture, this insightful tome showcases rattan's appeal through archival images of beautiful interiors including Madeleine Castaing's winter garden in Paris, Michael Taylor's own Californian beach house, the Titanic's Café Parisian and the Billy Baldwin designed Mr. Kennedy's beauty salon in New York City. Rattan's many personalities are explored through its inclusion in settings as diverse as Impressionist paintings, flamboyant nightclubs and pared down contemporary drawing rooms. A reflection of its inherent beauty and longevity, antique rattan furniture from the nineteenth century is highly collectible, as are rattan pieces created by giants of modern design such as Josef Hoffmann for Thonet, Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Jean-Michel Frank for Ecart, Renzo Mongiardino for Bonacina, Arne Jacobsen for Sika, Paul Frankl and Donald Deskey. Rattan pieces have become iconic and highly prized, including Hiroomi Tahara's Wrap Sofa, Franca Helg's Primavera Chair, and the many iterations of the beloved Peacock Chair. RATTAN also highlights some of the many tastemakers who have embraced rattan--from Marella Agnelli, Babe Paley, and Cecil Beaton to leading interior designers including Jeffrey Bilhuber, Veere Grenney, Axel Vervoordt, and Jacques Grange.

Rattan

Rattan
Author: Erik Meijaard,Ramadhani Achdiawan,Meilinda Wan,Andrew Taber
Publsiher: CIFOR
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2014-03-26
Genre: Electronic book
ISBN: 9786021504284

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We investigated the production and trade in rattan along the supply chain. We focused our study on Indonesia, the global leader in natural rattan production, and more specifically, West Kutai in East Kalimantan. Our analysis of local livelihoods in 2004 and 2011 indicates that communities have abandoned rattan as their main source of income, primarily because of low rattan farm-gate prices. Our interviews and econometric analysis indicate that rattan prices are kept artificially low through price fixing within a cartel of rattan traders. Farm-gate prices are also kept low by export quotas. The result has been a substantial reduction in export volumes of Indonesian rattan products (as opposed to unprocessed and semi-processed rattan). Other contributing factors include reduced overseas demand, the relative strength of the rupiah and the loss of Indonesia’s competitive edge over other countries. Compared to its competitors, Indonesia has higher transaction costs, including taxes, tariffs, administrative costs and transportation costs. We conclude that a lack of reliable data on rattan resources and unstable policy have hampered efforts to develop sustainable management strategies and annual allowable harvest volumes. We recommend the development of a national rattan action plan, based on reliable scientific data. This would require more accurate information on rattan trade, future development in the rattan products market, production capacity in forests and planted rattan gardens, and international trade, including illegal trade. Such information could guide rattan policies, specifically determining what trade legislation would have the best macro and microeconomic results for Indonesia.

Rattan Glossary

Rattan Glossary
Author: Dennis Victor Johnson,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publsiher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9251050953

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This volume contains a glossary on terms and terminologies used in the rattan sector. The glossary is structured according to the following major sections: rattan resources (biology, management, plantations, harvesting); rattan as a raw material (transport, storage, grading and post-harvest handling, rattan trade); rattan processing (for local artisanal uses; for industrial level furniture manufacturing); and rattan trade in raw, furniture and other products. In order to give special emphasis to the emerging rattan sector in Africa, a separate compilation of terms specifically focusing on those used in Africa is added.

The Nature and Culture of Rattan

The Nature and Culture of Rattan
Author: Stephen F. Siebert
Publsiher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2012-01-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780824860387

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Rattan is the common name for a diverse group of climbing palms found throughout Old World tropical forests. For centuries people have used them for binding, basketry, house construction, food, and numerous other non-market purposes; more recently the canes of some species have been gathered for the multi-billion-dollar furniture, handicraft, and mat-making industries. Thus rattan continues to be vital to the culture and economic well being of millions of cane collectors, laborers, and artisans throughout tropical Asia and Africa. The Nature and Culture of Rattan explores this valuable forest product, the tropical forests on which it depends, and the societies that flourish by using and managing these remarkable plants. The Nature and Culture of Rattan provides a distinctive and engaging review of rattan and the people whose lives are centered on it. It examines rattan use, biology, human culture, and challenges in tropical field research and conservation through the knowledge of cane workers in three Southeast Asian forest villages where the author lived over a twenty-five-year period. He effectively challenges commonly held views of "slash and burn" farming, rainforest destruction, and population increase while underscoring the myriad forces involved in individual decision-making and social and environmental change. Personal stories and experiences are integrated with scientific information in a manner that will attract nonspecialists as well as students and researchers. The Nature and Culture of Rattan will be a valuable addition to undergraduate and graduate courses in ecology, anthropology, rural sociology and development, forestry, and natural resource management. A website (www.cfc.umt.edu/rattan) includes additional photographs, suggested reading, and discussion topics.

Production and processing of rattan

Production and processing of rattan
Author: Ngo-Samnick, E.L.
Publsiher: CTA
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2012-09-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789290814993

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Due to its rapid growth and ability to adapt to a wide variety of ecological conditions, rattan provides a valuable crop that can be grown and harvested in a sustainable manner. Its use in furniture production also means that effective rattan cultivation serves as a reliable alternative to timber exploitation. Clearly laid out and illustrated throughout, this technical guide gives a general overview of the cultivation, harvesting, treatments, transformation and commercialisation of rattan.

Skin Revolution The Ultimate Guide to Beautiful and Healthy Skin of Colour

Skin Revolution  The Ultimate Guide to Beautiful and Healthy Skin of Colour
Author: Dr Vanita Rattan
Publsiher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2022-03-17
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780008473310

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Skin Revolution is where skincare meets science and self-love – to empower you to look good, feel great, and glow in your melanin-rich skin. ‘I wish I had advice like this growing up – an incredible guide for people of colour everywhere!’ KAUSHAL, Make-up Artist, YouTuber and Entrepreneur

Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of California for the Years

Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of California for the Years
Author: California. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 494
Release: 1893
Genre: Labor
ISBN: HARVARD:32044097824734

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Biennial Report

Biennial Report
Author: California. Department of Industrial Relations. Division of Labor Statistics and Law Enforcement
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 852
Release: 1890
Genre: California
ISBN: STANFORD:36105011912222

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