Crafts
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Circular Saws: Their Manufacture, Maintenance and Application in the Woodworking Industries [Paperback]
Eric Stephenson (Author)
$50.00ISBN: 9780854420919
Published by : Stobart Davies Ltd
Efficient use of saws; motors and drives - saw tooth profiles; grinding alloy saws - hard tips and abrasives; stellite tipped IT saws; tungsten carbide tipped saws - grinding and maintaining carbide saws; general saw maintenance; diamond saws a... .... Learn More -
Tiles and Tilework [Hardback]
Alun Graves (Author)
Regular Price: $45.00
Special Price: $14.98
Out of stock
ISBN: 9780810965980
Published by : Harry N Abrams B.V.
An illustrated survey of the use of tiles in interior design through the ages, from the Gothic through to Art Deco and the Omega Workshops in the 20th century. Many different styles are revealed through tilework, from the mellow Delftware depic... .... Learn More -
Celebrating Boxes [Paperback]
Garry Crawford (Author); Peter Lloyd (Author)
$35.00ISBN: 9780854420933
Published by : Stobart Davies Ltd
This stunning book features the work of 68 of the world's finest designer-makers who let you into their world, sharing their thoughts, design ideas and aspirations, telling what spurs them on to their next box-making adventure and the fulfilmen... .... Learn More -
The Complete Manual of Wood Finishing [Paperback]
Frederick Oughton (Author)
$29.95ISBN: 9780854420308
Published by : Stobart Davies Ltd
A major work on the traditional craft of woodfinishing, containing chapters on widely used techniques such as staining and polishing, as well as an array of antique and specialist finishes including marbling, graining, gliding, etc, plus prepa... .... Learn More -
Crafts and Traditions of the Canary Islands [Paperback]
Mike Eddy (Author)
Regular Price: $14.00
Special Price: $5.98
ISBN: 9780747800118
Published by : Shire Publications
During the fifteenth century the Spanish Crown wrested control of the Canary Islands from the Berber-speaking natives. Over the succeeding centuries the islands have been Europeanised to such an extent that the average visitor might think that... .... Learn More -
Gift of the Conquerors: Hand Papermaking in India [Hardback]
Alexandra Soteriou (Author)
Regular Price: $125.00
Special Price: $59.98
ISBN: 9780944142561
Published by : Antique Collectors' Club
Comprehensive and detailed, this book traces the nearly thousand year history of hand papermaking in India, from the ancient sites in Gilgit and the Himalayas, through heartland Mathura, Agra, Daulatabad to the western sites in Rajasthan and G... .... Learn More -
Ancient Jewelry and Archaeology [Hardback]
Adriana Calinescu (Author)
$59.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9780253329936
Published by : Indiana University Press
Papers from a symposium at the Art Museum Bllomington discussing a wide range of Greek and Roman jewellery topics. .... Learn More -
Early Nasca Needlework [Hardback]
Alan R Sawyer (Author)
$125.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9781856690881
Published by : Laurence King Publishing
This work concentrates exclusively on the elaborately embroidered textiles from the Ica and Nasca valley regions in south-coastal Peru. Focusing on the supernatural figures depicted in these vividly coloured textiles, it brings together textile... .... Learn More -
The Village Carpenter [Paperback]
J.I. Rose (Author)
$17.95ISBN: 9780854420650
Published by : Stobart Davies Ltd
Walter Rose was a carpenter and the son of carpenters in Victorian England, a time when the village woodworker made everything except, perhaps, wagon wheels. He writes eloquently of the importance of skill and the attitudes of the craftsman to ... .... Learn More -
European Women and Preindustrial Craft [Paperback]
Daryl M. Hafter (Author)
Regular Price: $15.95
Special Price: $4.98
ISBN: 9780253209436
Published by : Indiana University Press
Volume: 1995
Essays examine key 18th- and 19th-century industries, including spinning, weaving, calico painting, and the lingerie trade. Focusing on links between women's preindustrial craft production and heavy industrialization, this volume shows how wom... .... Learn More