Craft · 6 pages · 12 min

Why rush and splint are different plants and methods

Rush seating twists soft marsh leaves into a wrapped cord, while splint weaves flat strips split from wood.

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From the opening

Rush seats are made from the leaves or stems of rush or from cattail, twisted into a cord and wrapped across the frame. Splint seats are made from long flat strips split from wood such as ash, oak, or hickory, and those strips are woven over and under like a basket. The opening covers rush is a twisted marsh leaf, splint is a split wood ribbon, and one wraps and the other weaves.

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Inside

  • Rush is a twisted marsh leaf
  • Splint is a split wood ribbon
  • One wraps and the other weaves
  • Color does not identify either
  • Where the idea stops applying
  • A distinction worth keeping

Sources

  • Rush seating with twisted leaf
  • Ash and oak splint weaving