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The National Moulding Book Containing The Latest Styles Of Mouldings: Interior House Finish, Stair and Porch Railings, As Well As Full Size Cuts Of Frames In Use In Different Localities. First published 1899 by The Wholesale Sash, Door & Blind Mfg's Assoc. Of The Northwest and by The Eastern Sash, Door & Blind Mfg's Assoc., this period lumber and millwork ttrade catalog is a necessary reference for preservation architects and carpenters, histo...

The Sloyd System Of Wood Working , by B. B. Hoffman, 1892, is a classic 19th century introduction to the Swedish Sloyd system of pedagogical manual training based upon the Naas theories as espoused by Otto Salomon, author of The Teacher's Hand-Book Of Slojd, re-published by the Toolemera Press.From: Economy In Education: A Practical Discussion Of Present Day Problems In Educational Administration. R. N Roark. 1905. Hoffman's Sloyd System Of Wo...

It is our intention to notice many things, however trivial, that may in any way serve to enlighten our readers respecting the joiner's art."Offered now for the first time as one book, Our Workshop & The Lathe And How To Use It, published 1866 & 1867, respectively, are the only known works of Temple Thorold. Who Temple Thorold was, we do not know. It is likely that he was an educator who wanted to introduce Slojd, or Sloyd, to Great Britain.Slo...

SHOJI: A Japanese screen or sliding door used to partition living spaces. KUMIKO: A decorative and practical Japanese woodworking system consisting of lattice pieces held together through precision joinery lacking any nails or other metal supports. Shoji & Kumiko: 85 Vintage Designs features an original c1930 Japanese architectural proposal book of designs from the collection of Gary Roberts, Publisher: Toolemera Press. www.toolemerapress.com

Founded in 1849 and in business through the turn of the century, E. L. Parker & Co. of Baltimore, Maryland was a major importer and wholesaler of tin plate, sheet iron and related metals, General Store hard goods and Tinners (Tinsmith) tools and machinery."It's reputation and sales are widespread and it has important connections in England, as well as with the best firms of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North and South Carol...

Fret Sawing For Pleasure And Profit, first published in 1877 by Henry T. Williams, New York, NY. Introductory essay by Gary Roberts on the historical context of Fret Sawing For Pleasure And Profit and fret-work in 19th century America. Illustrated by 103 images of fret work patterns and tools."Fret Sawing For Pleasure And Profit, is like those which have preceded it, a most excellent manual of the particular art which it pictures and describes...

Whether a teacher, a student or a craftsperson who wishes to learn the skills and theories of Educational Slojd, this book will provide a sound basis from which to develop classic or personal designs and to incorporate Educational Slojd in their work and life.Slojd In Great Britain And America: 1890 - 1906, combines two influential, turn of the 19th century texts that serve as both teacher education resources and as class instructive materials...

The Author of this volume is a man not only of wide experience in practical woodwork, but who has for many years been an Instructor at Technical Schools, and has also the additional advantage of having an intimate knowledge of all kinds of woodworking tools and machinery."Introduction To Woodworking 1920 combines two essential William Fairham books of the early 20th century: Woodwork Tools And How To Use Them and Woodwork Joints: How They Are ...

A Manual of Wood Carving, by Charles G. Leland, revised by John J. Holtzapffel, 1891, was a highly regarded and widely popular self-educational craft book of the 19th century Arts & Crafts movement. Embracing the naturalistic themes of William Morris and others, Leland introduced the public to wood carving as an expressive art form for use on purely decorative as well as on functional forms such as furniture, tankards and platters. The Tooleme...

WOOD CARVING was published in 1896 "...to fill a long-felt want for a graduated course of exercises, these being suggested by a long and varied professional and teaching experience... by Joseph Phillips, Medallist and Instructor of Wood Carving, Modelling, &c., , in the counties of Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumberland and Notts and approved by the Home Arts and Industries Association, Royal Albert Hall, London." Unlike many 19th century books on r...

A complete treatise on the proper modern methods to apply practically in joining mouldings. A book for working carpenters, joiners, cabinet-makers, picture framer makers and wood-workers. Clearly and simply explained by over 40 engravings, with full directive text." Owen Maginnis wrote "The Art of Mitring", "Practical Centring", The Carpenter's Handbook" as well as numerous articles in trade journals. He was a professional carpenter and builde...

THE MECHANIC'S COMPANION, by Peter Nicholson, describes in detail the skilled building trades of the 19th Century: Carpentry, Joinery, Bricklaying, Masonry, Slating, Plastering, Painting, Smithing & Turning. In print for more than half a century, THE MECHANIC'S COMPANION was a primary reference for the amateur, the student and the practical mechanic. Published first in 1812 as Mechanical Exercises, then in 1831 as The Mechanic's Companion, thi...

One of a series of texts authored by Ira Griffith for use in the Manual Arts classroom and shop, FURNITURE MAKING: ADVANCED PROJECTS IN WOODWORK features the furniture and accessories of the Arts & Crafts period. Beginning with projects focused on basic hand skills and progressing to those that require greater thought and planning in execution, FURNITURE MAKING provides five introductory exercises and forty-six measured drawings of Arts & Craf...

This book deals exhaustively and in a thoroughly practical way with all methods of cabinet construction. Each detail is treated in a way that will guide the reader through it's construction in any size and in any style. The volume enables the woodworker to tackle successfully any design of which he has the scale drawings or even the dimensional sketch. Fully illustrated with over 300 drawings." THE WOODWORKER SERIES, Evans Bros., London, c1930...

The Teacher's Hand-Book Of Slöjd, 1892, by Otto Salomon, was the primary teacher training text for the instructor of Slöjd based education at the Nääs School in Sweden. Slöjd education, developed by Salomon, combines craft, creativity and the teacher's guidance with "...the educative force which lies in rightly directed bodily labour, as a means to developing in the pupils (sic) physical and mental powers which will be a sure and evident gain ...

Anna Petersson Berg, instructor of Slöjd classes in Sweden during the early years of the 20th century, left her native country to bring the crafts of Swedish Holeseam and Fringing, finishing techniques for woven textiles, as well as traditional Swedish knitting styles, to the public schools of America. Slöjd, as defined by Otto Salomon, the founder of the Slöjd theory of education, came to mean the formalized system of teaching crafts as part ...

The New England Farrier: A Compendium Of Farriery, In Four Parts, By Paul Jewett of Rowley, MA. 1826. First published in 1795 and remaining in print through 1840, The New England Farrier was the first book of Farriery, the art and science of the care of hooved livestock, to have been entirely published within the Continental United States of America. The New England Farrier includes a chapter devoted to the ills that might befall adults and ch...

CARPENTRY MADE EASY, OR, THE SCIENCE AND ART OF FRAMING, was written by William E. Bell of Ottawa, Illinois and published by Howard Challen of Philadelphia in 1858. It remained in continuous publication through 1904, evidence of the book's importance to the architectural and building trades of the period. CARPENTRY MADE EASY was the first 19th century architectural trade book to popularize the transition from heavy timber frame to light balloo...

To be successful in woodwork construction the possession of two secrets is essential - to know the right joint to use, and to know how to make that joint in the right way." WOODWORK JOINTS: HOW THEY ARE SET OUT, HOW MADE AND WHERE USED, WITH FOUR HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS AND INDEX, REVISED EDITION, C1920, by William Fairham, is one of the Woodworker Series of handcraft books published by Evans Bros., London, during the first quarter of the 20th C...

The Student's Instructor In Drawing And Working The Five Order's Of Architecture, by Peter Nicholson, the famous 18th and 19th century British architectural historian, theorist, educator and author, was published first in 1792 and in subsequent editions for more than half a century. The Student's Instructor was the standard reference book for the student of architecture and architectural drawing as well as for the practical carpenter and build...