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Textiles and ClothingTextiles and ClothingSpinning and weaving are among the earliest arts. In the twisting of fibers, hairs, grasses, and sinews by rolling them between the thumb and fingers, palms of the hands, or palms and naked thigh, we have the original of the spinning wheel...
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Woodwork Joints: How They Are Set Out, How Made and Where UsedWoodwork Joints: How They Are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.To be successful in woodwork construction the possession of two secrets is essentialto know the right joint to use, and to know how to make that joint in the right way. The woodwork...
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Exercises in KnittingExercises in KnittingAs the number of stitches required to work each pattern will be mentioned, these patterns can easily be applied for any other purpose, and are most of them well adapted for doilies. Some of the most open patterns are suitable for Shetland...
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Handwork in WoodHandwork in WoodThis book is intended primarily for teachers of woodwork, but the author hopes that there will also be other workers in wood, professional and amateur, who will find in it matter of interest and profit. The successful completion of the book is...
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Encyclopedia of NeedleworkEncyclopedia of NeedleworkThe absolute want of any comprehensive book on needleworksuch an one as contains both verbal and pictorial descriptions of everything included under the name of needleworkhas led me to put into the serviceable form of an Encyclopedia, all the knowledge and experience,...
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Artillery Through the AgesArtillery Through the Ages - A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America THE ERA OF ARTILLERY The Ancient Engines of War Gunpowder Comes to Europe The Bombards Sixteenth Century Cannon The Seventeenth Century and Gustavus Adolphus The Eighteenth Century United...
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Embroidery and Tapestry WeavingEmbroidery and Tapestry WeavingWeaving, a most ancient art, naturally precedes embroidery, for this necessitates an already existing ground stuff, which is generally some kind of woven material. All varieties of weaving are done by one little-varied method, that of the weft passing to and...
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Make Your Own HatsMake Your Own HatsHat-making is an art which may be acquired by any one possessing patience and ordinary ability. To make a hat for the trade is not as difficult as to make one for an individual; neither is it so high a phase...
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Woman as DecorationWoman as Decoration Madame Geraldine Farrar as Thas in the opera of that name. It is a sketch made from life for this book. Observe the gilded wig and richly embroidered gown. They are after descriptions of a costume worn by the real Thas....
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French Polishing and Enamelling: A Practical Work of InstructionFrench Polishing and Enamelling: A Practical Work of Instructionv Early in the present century the method generally adopted for polishing furniture was by rubbing with beeswax and turpentine or with linseed-oil. That process, however, was never considered to be very satisfactory, which fact probably...
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A Study of the Textile Art in Its Relation to the Development of Form and OrnamentA Study of the Textile Art in Its Relation to the Development of Form and Ornament - Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, (pages 189-252)The textile art is one...
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The Ladies' Work-BookThe Ladies' Work-Book - Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. There is not one art practised by ladies which is more deservedly popular than Knitting. It is so easy, requires so little eyesight, and is susceptible of so much ornament, that it merits...
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The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump IslandThe Scientific American Boy; Or, The Camp at Willow Clump IslandAll boys are nature lovers. Nothing appeals to them more than a summer vacation in the woods where they can escape from the restraints of civilization and live a life of freedom. Now, it...
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A Course In Wood TurningA Course In Wood TurningThis book is the outgrowth of problems given to high school pupils by the writers, and has been compiled in logical sequence. Stress is laid upon the proper use of tools, and the problems are presented in such a way...
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Beeton's Book of NeedleworkBeeton's Book of NeedleworkThe Art of Needlework dates from the earliest record of the world's history, and has, also, from time immemorial been the support, comfort, or employment of women of every rank and age. Day by day, it increases its votaries, who enlarge...
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Furnishing the Home of Good TasteFurnishing the Home of Good Taste - A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of TodayTo try to write a history of furniture in a fairly short space is almost as hard...
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The House in Good TasteThe House in Good TasteI know of nothing more significant than the awakening of men and women throughout our country to the desire to improve their houses. Call it what you willawakening, development, American Renaissanceit is a most startling and promising condition of affairs....
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Things To MakeThings To Make The making for oneself of toys and other objects of a more or less useful character has certain advantages over buying them. In the case of the more elaborate and costly articles, it may enable one to possess things which otherwise...
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Principles of Home Decoration, With Practical ExamplesPrinciples of Home Decoration, With Practical ExamplesProbably no art has so few masters as that of decoration. In England, Morris was for many years the great leader, but among his followers in England no one has attained the dignity of unquestioned authority; and in...
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The Art of Interior DecorationThe Art of Interior DecorationThere is something unusually exquisite about this composition. You will discover at a glance perfect balance, reposeline, everywhere, yet with it infinite grace and a winning charm. One can imagine a tea tray brought in, a table placed and those...
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