Decorative & Applied Arts, Decoration & Ornament
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MaiolicaMaiolicaContents: I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI. These Handbooks are reprints of the dissertations prefixed to the large catalogues of the chief divisions of works of art in the Museum at South Kensington; arranged...
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Ladies' manual of art; or, profit and pastimeLadies' manual of art; or, profit and pastime. - A self teacher in all branches of decorative art, embracing every variety of painting and drawing on china, glass, velvet, canvas, paper and wood the secret of all glass transparencies, sketching from nature. pastel and...
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Church Needlework: A manual of practical instructionChurch Needlework: A manual of practical instructionMiss Hands reminds me that it was at my suggestion, as Editor of The Treasury, that she undertook the writing of the articles which form the basis of this volume. My confidence in her fitness to write such...
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Catalogue of the Retrospective Loan Exhibition of European TapestriesCatalogue of the Retrospective Loan Exhibition of European TapestriesTapestry is a compound art. It stands at the meeting-point of three other arts, and so is beset by the problems of all three. In the first place, it is illustrative, for while there are tapestries...
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Engraved GemsEngraved GemsMy former treatise, Engraved Gems, their Place in the History of Art, being largely illustrated and inconvenient in size, I have abridged the work and with new material prepared this volume. The various epochs of gem engraving from the earliest eras down to...
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The Cabinetmaker in Eighteenth-Century WilliamsburgThe Cabinetmaker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg - Giving Attention to the City’s Chief Craftsmen in the Furniture Way; And to Their Tools & Methods of WorkingIt is the very same chair that stood there when the portly Peyton Randolph was speaker of the House, and...
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Chats on English ChinaChats on English ChinaThis little volume has been primarily written with a view to enable the possessors of old china to determine the factories at which their ware was produced. A modest attempt has been made to show that the china-shelf is a record...
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History of LaceHistory of LaceAnne, Daughter of Sir Peter Vanlore, Kt., first wife of Sir Charles Csar, Kt., about 1614. The lace is probably Flemish, Sir Peter having come from Utrecht. From the picture the property of her descendant, Captain Cottrell-Dormer. Nearly thirty years have elapsed...
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The Spanish Armada, 1588The Spanish Armada, 1588 - The Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords Representing the Several Engagements Between the English and Spanish Fleets.THE Defeat of the Spanish Armada being the most glorious Victory that was ever obtained at Sea, and the most important to...
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A Book of Distinctive InteriorsA Book of Distinctive InteriorsPleasing decorative effects may be obtained by bringing out the natural graining of the woodwork. Chestnut and cypress are particularly suitable for this as they may be stained and wax finished, or stained and rubbed down to produce this effect....
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The Pleasures of CollectingThe Pleasures of CollectingYour true collector does not apologize for his hobbies; he exalts their virtues. Necessity may occasionally compel him to resort to the camouflage of mid-interest, as when his family is not in sympathy with his pursuits; or, again, as when fate...
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The Bayeux Tapestry ElucidatedThe Bayeux Tapestry ElucidatedEngland has performed, and is probably destined yet to perform, an important part in the history of nations. The era treated of in this work was doubtless the crisis of her fate. Happily, she survived the shock of the Conquest, and...
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PorcelainPorcelainIN spite of the considerable literature that has sprung up upon the subject, we know little of the early history of English soft-paste porcelain. We have already spoken of the experiments made by Dr. Dwight in the seventeenth century. Dr. Lister, writing in 1699...
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French and English furnitureFrench and English furniture - distinctive styles and periods described and illustrated The purpose of this work is to provide all who are interested in French and English furniture since the Renaissance period with a comprehensive and detailed view of the various periods or...
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Ancient and Modern Furniture and WoodworkAncient and Modern Furniture and WoodworkThese Handbooks are reprints of the dissertations prefixed to the large catalogues of the chief divisions of works of art in the Museum at South Kensington; arranged and so far abridged as to bring each into a portable shape....
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Dutch & Flemish FurnitureDutch and Flemish FurnitureNo special inducement need be held out to an educated Englishman at the present day to take an interest in a particular field of the arts and crafts of the Low Countries. Long before the nobles of Flanders, France and England...
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Collecting Old Glass, English and IrishCollecting Old Glass, English and IrishI hope the reader may find that this book, though smaller than others on the same subject, is more helpful and even more comprehensive than they are; that it deals with the glass articles which they mention and with...
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The Practical Book of Oriental RugsThe Practical Book of Oriental RugsJust when the art of weaving originated is an uncertainty, but there seems to be a consensus of opinion among archologists in general that it was in existence earlier than the 24th century before Christ. The first people which...
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William Morris to WhistlerWilliam Morris to Whistler - Papers and addresses on art and craft and the commonweal. OF the collected papers and addresses which form this book, the opening one upon William Morris was composed of an address to the Art Workers' Guild, an article which...
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Design and TraditionDesign and Tradition - A short account of the principles and historic development of architecture and the applied artsIT may be urged with some reasonable basis of truth that much of the modern art work fails to attain the level of that of the...
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