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Drawing, Painting & Design

Drawing, painting, color, ornament, composition, decorative design, and applied art instruction.

Needlework, Knitting & Crochet

Embroidery, lace, crochet, knitting, netting, sewing, textile arts, and practical work-table guides.

Woodworking, Carving & Leatherwork

Wood carving, fretwork, cabinet work, leather decoration, tooling, pyrography, and home handicrafts.

Pottery, Basketry & Decorative Crafts

Pottery, clay modelling, basketry, weaving, stenciling, paper crafts, and decorative home arts.

Browse selected public-domain books about drawing, painting, needlework, woodworking, pottery, design, and practical handcrafts.

Sig-Knit-Ring Yarn Knitting and Crochet patterns

A complimentary booklet of 36 patterns intended to promote the Sig-Knit-Ring novelty yarn. Patterns are illustrated with photographs and include sweaters, hats, scarves…

Needlework For All July 1910 No. 5 Vol. 1

Needlework for All With Which is Incorporated "The Needle" No.5 Vol.1. July 1910 Published on the 15th of each Month by The London Guild of Needlework 5 Newgate Street London…

The Lady's Assistant for executing useful and fancy designs in knitting, netting, and crochet work : illustrated by fifteen engravings, showing various stitches in the art of netting

Manuals 5 Explore this and other items from our digitised collections on the University of Southampton Digital Library.

Knitting, crochet, and netting

Knitting, crochet, and netting is a public domain book, originally published in 1846. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work include…

The illustrated knitting, netting, & crochet book

Rutt Manuals Explore this and other items from our digitised collections on the University of Southampton Digital Library.

Manual of needlework and cutting out : specially adapted for teachers of sewing, students, and pupil-teachers

Arnold Stanley 5 Explore this and other items from our digitised collections on the University of Southampton Digital Library.

Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament

1. Treats of prehistoric art; ancient art and architecture: Eastern, early Christian, Byzantine, Saracenic, Romanesque, Gothic, and renaissance architecture and ornament.--2.…

Classified list of photographs taken for the Department of Science and Art : pottery, porcelain, and glass ; embroidery and bookbinding

"With the sanction of the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education."

The artist's assistant in drawing, perspective, etching in copper and steel, engraving, metzotinto scraping, painting on glass, in crayons, in water-colours, and on silks and satins : containing the easiest and most comprehensive rules for the…

Library's copy is bound with: The art of drawing in perspective. 10th ed. London : R.H. Laurie, 1825. (84-B4987)

Catalogue of exhibition of oil paintings, water color, pastel, etchings, black and white, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, metal work, bookbinding, weaving, basketry and leather work: fall 1915: December 5th to December 26th.

Catalogue of exhibition of oil paintings, water color, pastel, etchings, black and white, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, metal work, bookbinding, weaving, basketry and leather…

Ladies' 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

Ladies' 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…

Ladies' manual of art, 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…

Ladies' manual of art, Profit and pastime : a self teacher in all branches of decorative art : embracing every variety of painting and drawing on china, glass, velvet, canvas…

Catalogue of exhibition of oil paintings, water colors, miniatures, pastel, black and white, sculpture, pottery, jewelry and metal work, basketry and wood-carving: November 5 to November 26, nineteen hundred and sixteen.

Catalogue of exhibition of oil paintings, water colors, miniatures, pastel, black and white, sculpture, pottery, jewelry and metal work, basketry and wood-carving: November 5 to…

Needle painting; or landscape embroidery

Needle painting; or landscape embroidery Author: Shears, L. D. Mrs. [from old catalog] Year: 1885 15 p. 15 cm View on Archive.org

[Embroidery design collection]

On inside of front cover: M... Read, 15 Gt. Cumberland St., Hyde Park. Name Eliza Read on some of the designs. Forms part of the Mary Ann Beinecke Decorative Art Collection.

Illustrated net priced catalogue of artists' materials : supplies for oil, water color and china painting, pastel and crayon drawing, articles for decorating, and studies for drawing and painting.

Illustrated net priced catalogue of artists' materials : supplies for oil, water color and china painting, pastel and crayon drawing, articles for decorating, and studies for…

Art Recreations: A Guide to Decorative Art (1884)

Art Recreations: A Guide to Decorative Art , edited by Marion Kemble, published 1884 by S. W. Hilton & Co, Boston. I have included the front cover, and one rear flyleaf for the…

Catalogue of the exhibitions of the Group of Seven and painting, sculpture and wood carving of French Canada : May 8th to May 31th, 1926.

12 pages ; 25 cm Cover title: Exhibitions of the Group of 7 & Art in French Canada, May 7th-31st, 1926.

Embroidery and tapestry weaving : a practical text-book of design and workmanship

Embroidery and tapestry weaving : a practical text-book of design and workmanship Author: Christie, Grace Year: 1912 "Third edition revised (A reprint of the second edition)"…

Handicraft November 1902 VOL.I, NO. VIII

Handicraft Published monthly by the Society of Arts and Crafts 14 Somerset Street, Boston Massachusetts Vol. 1 No. VIII "Representing the arts and crafts movement."

Handicraft March 1904 VOL. II, NO XII

Handicraft Published monthly by the Society of Arts and Crafts 14 Somerset Street, Boston Massachusetts Vol. II No. XII

Handicraft November 1903 VOL. II, NO. VIII

Handicraft Published monthly by the Society of Arts and Crafts 14 Somerset Street, Boston Massachusetts Vol. II No. VIII

Experiments In Painting Denman W Ross

Experiments in drawing and painting by Denman W. Ross, lecturer on design in Harvard University, exhibition, November 1923, the Century Association of New York.

A handbook to the practice of pottery painting

Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

A Handbook to the Practice of Pottery Painting

Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

The new Canadian folksong and handicraft festival: Winnipeg, June 19-23, 1928

"Illustrating the songs and crafts of recent settlers of European Continental Extraction, with the co-operation of numerous racial groups, including Scandinavian, Slav, Magyar…

Lectures on painting; delivered to the students of the Royal Academy

Ancient costumes.--Byzantine and Romanesque art.--On the painters of the eighteenth century.--"David" and his school.--On the modern schools of Europe.--On drawing.--Color.--On…

Leather Work- A Practical Manual For Learners By Charles Leland 1925

EATHER Work is one of the most fascinating of the minor or decorative arts; many persons who have practised them all give it the preference; some consider it is easier than…

A textbook on ornamental design: elements of ornament, practical design, applied design, historic ornamental drawing, color harmony

A textbook on ornamental design: elements of ornament, practical design, applied design, historic ornamental drawing, color harmony Author: International Correspondence Schools…

The Priscilla filet crochet book, no. 2 ; a collection of beautiful designs in filet crochet, introducing filet crochet brodé, embroidery on crochet and cameo crochet

The Priscilla filet crochet book, no. 2 ; a collection of beautiful designs in filet crochet, introducing filet crochet brodé, embroidery on crochet and cameo crochet Author…

Church needlework; a manual of practical instruction

"Founded on a series of articles on Church embroidery written for the 'Treasury'": p. [1]

Leach's comforts for men : the "Waldron" book for knitters and crochet workers

16 p. : 29 cm Contents : the A.B.C. of knitting; first and foremost - a good understanding - do you know the rules for sock-making; a simple ribbed sock (ribbed sock, kneecap)…

An introduction to perspective, drawing, and painting in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues between the author's children : illustrated by appropriate plates and diagrams, and a sufficiency of practical geometry : and a compendium of genuine…

Illustrations: engraved frontispiece, and 17 numbered plates of plans, engraved after Charles Hayter by Turnbull

Singer instructions for art embroidery

Singer instructions for art embroidery Author: Singer sewing machine company. [from old catalog] Year: 1911 92 p., 1 l. 28 cm View on Archive.org

The art of drawing in perspective : wherein the doctrine of perspective is clearly and concisely treated of upon geometrical principles : and a mechanical method perspective and designing, invented for the benefit of those who are strangers to…

Library's copy is bound with: The artist's assistant in drawing, perspective, etching in copper and steel, engraving, metzotino scraping, painting on glass, in crayons, in…

The entomologist's useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British insects. Comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and the…

Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.511581 dc.contributor.author: Hayter, Mr. dc.date.accessioned: 2015-09-30T12:39:04Z dc.date.available: 2015-09-30T12:39:04Z…

The practice of drawing and painting landscape from nature, in water colours : exemplified in a series of instructions calculated to facilitate the progress of the learner; including the elements of perspective, their application in sketching from…

First ed. appeared 1820. It contained aquatint plates by T.H. Fielding, here replaced with lithographs printed by Charles Hullmandel. A sequence of 10 lithographic landscapes…

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