Sewing And Needlework from The Owl at the Bridge

N.Y., Tudor, 1936. Hard Cover. xviii, 356 p., 2 color plates (incl. front.), 96 b/w illus. First published 1931. Not about just weaving but all aspects of textiles in French history to the era of Napoleon. An excellent copy, clean and crisp/ no dj. stock#OB109.

N. Y., Silk Publishing House, 1913. Hard Cover. 179 p. "A Study of Raw Silk Production and Filatures in European and Asiatic Countries; The Condition of Business on all the Great Markets of the World; A Complete Description of the Management of an Italian Filature; How to Establish Agencies and Inspect Raw Silk in China and Japan." Red library… Read more about this item

Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott/ Grand Rapids, Dean-Hicks, 1918. Hard Cover. xxii, 458 p, illus., 33 cm. 580 b/w, 27 color plates. Limited edition. The material based on a series of articles in Good Furniture Magazine during the years 1915, 1916, 1917, and 1918. Stock#34015. Good+, binding worn, slightly shaken.

Scranton, International Textbook Company, 1923. International Library of Technology 79. Hard Cover. viii, 33, 39, 18, 25, 16, 31, 15, 44, 35, 59, 88, 28, 49, xviii p., index, line drawings & diagrams throughout. "A series of textbooks for persons engaged in engineering professions, trades, and vocational occupations or for those who desire information concerning them. Fully illustrated." Green… Read more about this item

Berlingske Forlag, Köbenhavn/ Copenhagen, 1943. Hard Cover. Three volumes: 303, 304, 379 pages, photos, diagrams, color plates. In Danish. Encyclopedia of textile handicrafts including dressmaking, pattern cutting, embroidery, knitting and crochet. Gertie Wandel (1894-1988) founded the Danish Handicraft Guild in 1928. Co-author is T. Vogel-Jörgensen (1891-1972). Bound in black & yellow plaid paper, black leather spines & corners, spines… Read more about this item

Saco, Maine, Garland Manufacturing Co. [1922]. Hard Cover. 51 p., photos; 24.5 cm. Title continues: together with a description of the preparation of its hide for making rawhide loom pickers. Vg, tan boards, pictorial front cover; brown cloth spine; green ink owner name on flyleaf. Stock#33787.

Florence, Mass., Nonotuck Silk Co., 1899. Soft Cover. 93 p., illus., (30 color), 20 cm. Illustrated with many diagrams displaying sewing techniques. Stock# 31,647. Vg, an excellent copy, stapled/ wrappers.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books [1989]. Soft Cover. 132 p., illus. (some color); 21 cm. Based on Ocho mon'yo jiten [by] Takashi Katano. Includes over 145 patterns from textiles, ceramics, lacquerware, and enamelwork of the Nara (710-794) and Heian (794-1185) periods. ISBN (10): 0877016062. Stock#47125. Vg / soft cover.

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts [1978]. Soft Cover. [63] p., illus. (some color), map; 24 x 21 cm. "Batik is a wax-resist technique whereby cloth is patterned through successive dyeings." And Boston has some beautiful examples. Ex RISD Library copy. Stock#45088. Good+, soft cover.

New York, Published by James Chittick, 1913. Hard Cover. 432, 132a p.; tables, 23 cm. 'Being a Series of Papers on Important Questions of Interest to All Those Engaged in the Manufacture and Distribution of Silks and Other Textiles'. 'Selecting a Location for a Mill', Chapter One, includes a section on the importance of the labor question, the Age… Read more about this item

Scranton, International Textbook Company, 1923. International Library of Technology 77. Hard Cover. vii, 41, 32, 88, 28, 37, 27, 30, 57, 36, 49, xi p., index, illus. throughout (line drawings & diagrams). "A series of textbooks for persons engaged in engineering professions, trades, and vocational occupations or for those who desire information concerning them. Fully illustrated." Green cloth, red… Read more about this item

Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Bucks, UK: Shire Publications, 1989. Soft Cover. 60 p., illus.; 21 cm. "Its textile traditions are particularly complex and interesting. The author surveys this rich variety, discussing the range of materials used in weaving, explaining the technologies involved, and examining the often hightly elaborate patterning found on many Malagasy textiles." ISBN (10): 0747800154. Stock#47124. VG /… Read more about this item

Boston, Saco-Lowell Shops [1923?]. Hard Cover. 24, 65 p., illus., 18 cm. "Catalogue of Parts of Improved Drawing Frames" (pp.1 - 65, second count). This seems to be one of a series of small specialized catalogs issued by this manufacturer of textile machinery which celebrated its centenary in 1923. Stock#39584. Vg/ no dj.

London, Paul Elek, 1946. Hard Cover. 107 pages, illus. (part color); 32 cm. Eight articles by various authors. Translation of La tapisserie. Bibliography: p. 107. Good. stock#40693a.

USGPO, 1889. Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology [Bulletin no. 7]. Soft Cover. 17 p., 11 illus., 24.5 cm. Study of a small series of Peruvian fabrics belonging to E. A. Barber of Philadelphia, as well as ancient Peruvian textiles owned by the Bureau of Ethnology. "But little is known chronologically of the various groups of art products obtained… Read more about this item

Peoria, Ill., Manual Arts Press, 1947. Soft Cover. 160 p., illus., index, 24.5 cm. The original edition of this step-by-step guide to crafting hook rugs. Stock#39461. Good+/ paperback.

London, Methuen & Co., 1902. Hard Cover. xvi, 146 p.; 19 cm. Introduction by Elijah Helm, Secretary to the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Stock#39594. Good, worn/ no dj.

Marburg, N. G. Elwert [1975]. On German provincial embroidery. Soft Cover. 84 leaves, 31 b/w illus., 22 cm. Stock#32089. Vg/ softcover.

New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. [1972]. Hard Cover. 79 p. illus. 22 cm. The fundamentals of printing on cloth with explanations of how to make stamps from and apply coloring agents with such materials as potatoes, clay, and cork. Translation of Stoffdrucken. Stock#39583. Vg, gift inscription/ dj vg.