Name/Title
PRACTICAL WOOD CARVINGEntry/Object ID
99.14.1.3Description
Color: Burgundy; Gold
"Practical Woodcarving" by Eleanor Rowe (London: B. T. Batsford, 1907), 213 pp. A hardcover book with a burgundy cover, featuring the title on top and the author's name at the bottom, both with intertwined grape vine designs to the right. The title, author's name, and publisher are on the spine; and all lettering on the cover is in gold. Subtitled, "A Book for the Student, Carver, Teacher, Designer, and Architect," the book is a reference work including chapters on wood-carver's tools; wood; construction; flat and strapwork carving; Gothic, Renaissance, and Jacobean influences; lettering; and treatment and design. Many instructional line drawings, illustrations, and black and white photographs of sample carvings are included. With some abrasions along the cover corners and spine, the book is in good condition.Lexicon
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Architecture, Construction, EngravingSearch Terms
Books, Decoration and ornament, Architectural, Wood-engraving, Wood-carving, Carving (Decorative arts), Decoration and ornament, Gothic, Decoration and ornament, Renaissance, Decoration and ornament, Jacobean
