B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and light fraying. There are several small tears to the top spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front endpaper (Margaret Y. Donnell). The rear inner hinge is cracked. "Wallpaper, using the printmaking technique of woodcut, gained popularity in Renaissance Europe amongst the emerging gentry. The social elite continued to hang large tapestries on the walls of their homes, as they had ... View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. This book "documents a major quilt exhibition offered by the Institute from January 28 to March 14, 1982." (from the Foreword). The book covers have noticeable spots of rubbing, especially to the front foredge and spine joints. The text pages are clean and bright. The book features antique and contemporary quilts from all area of Ohio. View More...
Color Illustrations; This is a stitched booklet compiled by the Art Dept. of SFSU for their annual reception for the Masters of Fine Arts program. The booklet is in fine condition. Included are visual arts bits by Heidi Buscher, Emily Payne, Ani Gregorians, Alyson Belcher, Donald L. Cain, Susan Friedland, Max Kelly, Jeff Levine, and, Sylvia Rios Metcalf. "Since 1999, the Master of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting and Sculpture has been awarded annually to final-year students who are graduating from an M.F.A. degree program in the United States. Each fellowship carries a stipend of $20,000. In... View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; This is an oversized spiral bound book with heavy cardstock covers. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light generalized ground-in dirt to the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Fashion Institute of Technology, generally known as FIT, is a State University of New York (SUNY) college of art, business, design, mass communication and technology connected to the fashion industry, with an urban campus located on West 27th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of Man... View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There are two small white scribbles to the upper rear panel of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. "Basket weaving (also basketry or basket making) is the process of weaving or sewing pliable materials into three-dimensional artifacts, such as baskets, mats, mesh bags or even furniture. Craftspeople and artists specialized in making bask... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This edition is limited to 1500 unnumbered copies. This is an oversized paperback booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing tothe spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Devere is considered the father of burl collectors. A lengendary American antiques dealer since the 1920's, Mr. Card amassed a sensational collection of Colonial and Native AMerican burl treen. His collection was the subject of an exhibit at the Munson... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback with cardstock covers and a side stapled spine. The covers have some beginning bumping and rolling. The text pages are clean and bright. "A kuspuk (from Yup'ik qaspeq; Iñupiaq: atikluk) is a hooded overshirt with a large front pocket commonly worn among Alaska Natives. Kuspuks are tunic-length, falling anywhere from below the hips to below the knees. The bottom portion of kuspuks worn by women may be gathered and akin to a skirt. Kuspuks tend to be pullover garments, though some have zippers. Though kuspuks are traditionally a Yupik garment, th... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear endpapers have some light generalized toning. The bottom edge of the text block has a strip of ground-in dirt. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and a couple of smallish chips missing. View More...
SIGNED EDITION. This is an oversized paperback book with cardstock covers and a glued spine - the book also has punch holes for putting in a three ring binder. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The cardstock covers have some toning / foxing to the edges. The text pages are clean and bright. Half of the pages (from page 55-96) have been bound upsidedown. This copy has been signed in ink, with an inscription, on the title page, by the author. " The Ridge Needlepointers Chapter of the Americ... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "Ann Sutton, MBE (born 16 May 1935) is a British artist, author, educator and broadcaster. She gained international recognition as an innovative textile artist and designer from the 1950s and has continued to develop her making and research in other media to the present day. She was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1991, and a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art and a Visiting P... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a small format booklet with illustrated covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright. This is a catalogue of a group of arts and crafts projects that could be ordered for woodworking, crafts, sports equipment, and more. "Eventually Hall's writings expanded into a business. He and his brother, illustrator Norman P. Hall, founded Craft Patterns, designing and producing patterns in their home studio. The company grew until they built a store on the northeast corner of North A... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is one sheet, folded four time to make a booklet. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The booklet is mostly clean and bright, with some beginning generalized toning. This booklet contains the pattern for a woodworking project to make a hardware cabinet. "Albert Neely Hall was born in Chicago in 1883, graduated from Lewis Institute in 1901 and Chicago School of Architecture in 1902. He and his wife, Bertha Cassidy Hall, moved to their home at 177 E. St. Charles Road in Elmhurst in 1916. Hall was an accomplished craftsman. He wrote... View More...
This is a trade sized paperback book with cardstock covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The covers are mosly clean and bright. There is one small spot of rubbing to the front cover. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is one red in scratch to page 45. This is a directory of artisans who specialize in creating miniature items, paintings, furniture, etc. Especially for dollhouses, or miniature displays. This directory includes most miniaturists in the United States who were working in 1977. Scarce historical reference ... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback booklet with self covers and a stapled spine. The covers have some wrinkling and tidemarking. The text pages are clean and bright. During the First World War, the Dryad Works provided a Leicester hospital with off-cuts of cane for basket-making by wounded soldiers. There was a growing demand for cane and other craft materials for use in occupational therapy and in schools. Peach set up another offshoot of his business, Dryad Handicrafts, to supply this demand. He was convinced of the importance of craftwork in education but only if standards were hi... View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket (along with a Very Good slipcase). The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright . The dust jacket has some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. The slipcase has wear to the spine ends, corners and edges. There is one one inch tear to the top rear panel to the dust jacket. "Tapestry is relatively fragile, and difficult to make, so most historical pieces are intended to hang vertically on a wall (or sometimes in tents) , or sometimes h... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is one sheet, folded three times to form a small booklet. The booklet is in Very Good condition. The outer covers have some ground-in dirt, several spots of discoloration and a previous owner's inked name. The inner covers and the blueprint itself are in clean, bright condition. There is one small edge nick / tear to the bottom edge of the booklet. "Kellogg, like other cereal manufacturers, realized that he was producing a basically generic product and the only difference between him and the competition was what could be instilled in the public?s mind by advertising. An... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "Scrimshaw is scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. Typically it refers to the artwork created by whalers, engraved on the byproducts of whales, such as bones or cartilage. It is most commonly made out of the bones and teeth of sperm whales, the baleen of other whales, and the tusks of walruses. It takes the form of elaborate engravings in the form of pictures and lettering on the surface of the bone or tooth, with t... View More...
This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean condition. The covers have several large spots of discoloration to the covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift inscription on the title page. "Enamel is a heat-fused glass paste colored by metal oxides and used to decorate metal surfaces. In medieval sources mina? Denoted glaze, glass, and, after the 11th century, enamel. Enamel was associated with lapidary, glassworking, and goldmithing crafts and was probably used primarily in place of precious ... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "The object of this publication is to demonstrate through the medium of pictorial representations, the progress of evolution and various developments in Southwestern Indian silverwork from the early simple forms up to some of the later and more complex styles." (from the introduction) View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light rubbing and wear. There are several spots of discoloration to the front cover and spine. The text pages are clean and bright. "Batik is a technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to whole cloth, or cloth made using this technique. Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines of the resist with a spouted tool called a canting, also spelled tjanting) , or by printing the resist with a copper stamp called a cap (also spelled tjap). The ... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a booklet with illustrated cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There are a couple of spots of discoloration on the front inside cover. "Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Tapestry is weft-faced weaving, in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work, unlike cloth weaving where both the warp and the weft threads may be visible.... View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The endpapers have some toning and the front endpaper has a couple of small marks as well. The dust jacket has rubbing and some light bumping and beginning edge wear. "His descriptions of the six most artistic kinds of handicrafts 0 ceramics, glassware and cloisonne, metalware, wood and bamboo ware, lacquer ware, and fabrics - are reliable and concise, and he places a great deal of emphasis ... View More...
B&W Illustrations; Seven Issues: Sept 1956, Nov. 1958, Dec. 1958, Jan. 1959, Sept. 1964, March 1965, and, June 1965/. The issues are all in Very Good+ condition and generally comprise of four leaves, making eight pages, all with three hole punches. All the pages are clean and bright, with some beginning toning to the edges of the pages. "Founded in 1946, the Southern California Handweavers? Guild (SCHG) is an all-volunteer, 501(c) (3) non-profit organization in the Los Angeles area. We are dedicated to advancing the knowledge and practice of handweaving and textile-related crafts. We welcome f... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some bumping and creasing to the corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "The pastime of viewing plants and appreciating flowers throughout the four seasons was established in Japan early on through the aristocracy. Waka poetry anthologies such as the Man'yoshu and Kokin Wakashu from the Heian period (794?1185) included many poems on the topic of flowers. With the introduction of B... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with illustrated covers. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and edge wear. The top edges of the first several have some rippling. The text pages are clean and bright. View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is a thin strip of toning to the bottom edge of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright but does have some light edge wear, rubbing and nicking to the spine ends and corners. View More...
