Decorative & Applied Arts, Decoration & Ornament
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Stained Glass Work: A text-book for students and workers in glassStained Glass Work: A text-book for students and workers in glass" ... And remembering these, trust Pindar for the truth of his saying, that to the cunning workman(and let me solemnly enforce the words by adding, that to him only)knowledge comes undeceitful." To his...
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Needlework As ArtNeedlework As ArtThe book of the Science of Art has yet to be written. Art has been called the Flower of Life, and also the Consoler;adorning the existence of the strong and bright,sheltering and comforting the sad and solitary ones of the earth. But,...
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Intarsia and MarquetryIntarsia and MarquetryThe subject treated of in this handbook has, until lately, received scant attention in England; and except for short notices of a general nature contained in such books as Waring's "Arts Connected with Architecture," technical descriptions, such as those in Holtzapffel's "Turning...
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Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & ModernRugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern - A Handbook for Ready ReferenceWhile there is a singular lack of books in the English language treating directly of Rugs,a theme which is so intensely interesting to buyers,it is noteworthy that under the category of Oriental...
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Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and TechnologyPresentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology - Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper No. 47 [Smithsonian Institution] Figure 1.Miniature ship presented to Adm. Robert E. Peary by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Loan of Robert E. Peary. In...
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Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old PlacesRambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places - Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-ManufactureObvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of corrections is found at the end of the text. Inconsistencies in spelling...
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The Tapestry BookThe Tapestry BookModesty so dominates the staff in art museums that I am requested not to make mention of those officers who have helped me with friendly courtesy and efficiency. To the officers and assistants at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York,...
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Chats on Old Lace and NeedleworkChats on Old Lace and NeedleworkThis little book has been compiled to emphasise and accentuate the distinct awakening of English women and Needlecraft Artists to the beauty of the ancient laces and embroideries which we own in the magnificent historic collections in our great...
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Chats on Household CuriosChats on Household CuriosThere is a peculiar charm about the relics found in an old homea home from which many generations of fledglings have flown. As each milestone in family history is passed some once common object of use or ornament is dropped by...
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Line and Form (1900)Line and Form (1900)As in the case of "The Bases of Design," to which this is intended to form a companion volume, the substance of the following chapters on Line and Form originally formed a series of lectures delivered to the students of the...
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Color ValueColor ValueWhatever is good in interior decoration is the result of consistent relationship between Light, Color, Form, Proportion and Dimensions. The choice of Color should be guided by the conditions of Light. The beauty of Form and the symmetry of Proportion can exist only...
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Quilts: Their Story and How to Make ThemQuilts: Their Story and How to Make ThemAlthough the quilt is one of the most familiar and necessary articles in our households, its story is yet to be told. In spite of its universal use and intimate connection with our lives, its past is...
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The Development of Embroidery in AmericaThe Development of Embroidery in AmericaThe story of embroidery includes in its history all the work of the needle since Eve sewed fig leaves together in the Garden of Eden. We are the inheritors of the knowledge and skill of all the daughters of...
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The Book of Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Medieval, from the Eighth CenturyThe Book of Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Medieval, from the Eighth Century - With Numerals, including Gothic; Church Text, Large and As there are no works of Ancient Alphabets of any excellence published in a cheap form, I have been induced, after many years'...
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1001 illuminated initial lettersOne Thousand and One Initial Letters You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days of...
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Wood-Carving: Design and WorkmanshipWood-Carving: Design and WorkmanshipTo the Reader, Be you 'prentice or student, or what is still better, both in one, I introduce the following pages to you with this explanation: that all theoretical opinions set forth therein are the outcome of many years of patient...
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Letters and Lettering: A Treatise with 200 ExamplesLetters & Lettering: A Treatise with 200 ExamplesThe alphabets illustrated, while primarily intended to exhibit the letter shapes, have in most cases been so arranged as to show also how the letters compose into words, except in those instances where they are intended to...
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Origin and Development of Form and Ornament in Ceramic ArtOrigin and Development of Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art. - Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-1883, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 437-466.At the period of discovery, art at a number of places...
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Jacobean Embroidery: Its Forms and Fillings, Including Late TudorJacobean Embroidery: Its Forms and Fillings, Including Late TudorTO redeem the monotony of plain surfaces has ever been the aim of all the arts, but especially that of the needle, which being the oldest expression of decorative intention, has, from the earliest time, been...
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Arts and Crafts in the Middle AgesArts and Crafts in the Middle Ages - A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance The very general and keen interest in the revival of arts and...
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