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Dress design $b: an account of costume for artists & dressmakers
Hughes, Talbot
Clothing and dress; Clothing and dress -- Great Britain
"The beautiful volume may quicken public interest in the method. The 40
plates in colour afford a fine series of examples of the resources of
the medium and the best methods of exploiting them."
DRAWING AND DESIGN. A School Course in Composition. By SAMUEL CLEGG,
_Headmaster of the County Secondary School, Long Eaton, Derbyshire_,
with a foreword by WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN, _Professor of Civic Art,
Sheffield University_. 10 in. by 7½ in. 12_s._ 6_d._ net.
A feature of the book is the inclusion of plates printed by scholars
from wood-blocks of their own making and designing. It also contains
good sections on lettering and pen and ink drawing, as well as on pencil
work, colour work, etc.
SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LIMITED
FROM THE ARTISTIC CRAFTS SERIES
HAND-LOOM WEAVING. By LUTHER HOOPER. 125 Drawings by the Author and
NOEL ROOKE. Coloured and collotype reproduction. Small Crown 8vo,
368 pp. 8_s._ 6_d._ net.
Extract from _The Morning Post_:
"... Every phase and process in weaving is described with so clear and
careful an exactitude, that, helped as the text is by the Author's
sketches and diagrams, the reader should have no difficulty in
conquering with its aid the rudiments of the craft."
EMBROIDERY & TAPESTRY WEAVING. By Mrs. A. H. CHRISTIE. _Fourth
Edition._ 178 diagrams and illustrations by the Author, 16 pp. of
collotype reproductions. Small Crown 8vo, 320 pp. 10_s._ 6_d._ net.
Extract from The _Pall Mall Gazette_:
"Mrs. Christie has performed her task to admiration, ... and her lucid
explanations of various kinds of stitches ... should be of value to all
workers at embroidery or tapestry weaving and to novices anxious to
learn."
SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LIMITED
FROM THE ARTISTIC CRAFTS SERIES
MANUSCRIPT WRITING & LETTERING. By AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERT. Showing the
historical development and practical application to modern handwriting
of several manuscript styles derived from ancient Roman letters. Fully
illustrated. Foolscap 4to. 6_s._ net.
Extract from _The Times_:
"This book supplies and supplies generously a need which has become
urgent.... For purposes purely practical, no teacher of plain
handwriting need know more than this book tells him; nor should be
content to know less."
HERALDRY FOR CRAFTSMEN AND DESIGNERS. By W. H. ST. JOHN HOPE, Litt.D.,
D.C.L. Small Crown 8vo, 496 pp., 300 diagrams and designs, 24 collotype
reproductions, and 8 coloured plates, 10_s._ 6_d._ net.
Extract from _The Athenæum_:
"A series which includes three such books as Mr. Douglas Cockerell's
'Bookbinding,' Mr. Edward Johnston's 'Writing,' and this ranks
almost as a national possession.... No artist can see this book
without wanting to buy it, if it were only for the beauty of the
objects selected for illustration."
SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LIMITED
FROM THE ARTISTIC CRAFTS SERIES
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