Macramé was popular in the West during the late nineteenth century and then went out of favour. There was a revival in the 1970's, when it was used for a wide variety of objects, from hanging plant pots to bags. Its popularity declined in the 1980's because of its close association with the hippie movement of the preceding decades.
Sources:
- EARNSHAW, Pat (1984). A Dictionary of Lace, Aylesbury: Shire Publications Ltd, p. 107.
- Shorter Oxford English Dictionary: ‘Macramé’.
Digital source of illustration (retrieved 29th June 2016).
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