Antiques Collectibles category: 2714 books
by Richard Hammerfell
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
“Creating Bullet Molds and Loading Dies” is a great resource for an expert or beginner machinist. Throughout the text, you will learn the basics to tool and die work, accompanied by hundreds of illustrations to guide you through the creation process. The step-by-step process is easy to understand...
Jo's Little Favorites II
A Classic Collection of 15 Small Quilts
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Popular author, Moda Fabrics designer, and small-quilt expert Jo Morton returns with another collection of favorite patterns that you'll be delighted to stitch. Whether you have a handpicked collection of reproduction fabrics just waiting to shine or want to discover new favorites, you'll love sewing...
by Kim Ravenscroft
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
How to replace a broken cane seat in a chair. A comprehensive fully illustrated diy guide for beginners clearly explaining every part of the six way weaving process. Written by a professional restorer, tried and tested for many years in paper form, this guide has helped thousands of people restore and recycle loads of furniture that may otherwise have been dumped!
Caring for Your Cherished Possessions
The Experts' Guide to Cleaning, Preserving, and Protecting Your China, Silver, F urniture, Clothing, Paintings
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
An invaluable guide for everyone who owns fine and precious things and wants to know how to maintain their beauty and value. Whether it's art objects, furnishings, or textiles, this complete, practical book provides state-of-the-art and traditional techniques for effective preservation and restoration.
Ancient Carpenters' Tools
Illustrated and Explained, Together with the Implements of the Lumberman, Joiner and Cabinet-Maker i
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Classic reference describes in detail hundreds of implements in use in the American colonies in the 18th century. Over 250 illustrations depict tools identical in construction to ancient devices once used by the Greeks, Egyptians, and Chinese, among them axes, saws, clamps, chisels, mallets, and much more. An invaluable sourcebook.
by Dorothy James
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Thinking about creating your own art at home? Don't want to purchase art pieces that don't connect with who you are as a person and what you want your home to look like?
Dorothy James points out some of the best ways to create beautiful art on a budget.
It does not get easier than this!
by Dorothy Hartley
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
This unique reference classifies the clothes and accessories of the 12th through the 15th centuries along social lines. Garments of every type, from the wardrobes of peasants and nobility, appear in over 200 period illustrations and patterns. Helpful advice covers: choosing fabrics, placement of seams, draping and folding garments, more. 203 black-and-white illustrations.
Customized Foams
Deconstruction and Reconstruction Process
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2017
Customized Foams is the only manual on the deconstruction and reconstruction process of foams. Easy to read step by step with 17 instructional videos that cover Advanced Pattern Drafting , Liner Construction , Hand Sewing Methods to Reverse Oxidation this book has it all. A valuable addition to...
by Raymond Bushell
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
With dozens of photos and illustrations, A Introduction to Netsuke is a readable and thorough guide to Japanese miniature art.
Among the many Japanese fine arts, few have aroused greater admiration than the netsuke. This miniature piece of Japanese sculpture, approximately 1 1/2 inches in size,...
Viva la Pizza!
The Art of the Pizza Box
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
“New Yorkers are particular about pizza, and no one has a more well-formed opinion than Scott Wiener.”
—Newsday
One of the world’s foremost pizza experts presents more than 100 weird and wild pizza box designs
Since the origins of to-go pizza, pizzerias and pizza chains have...
by Susan Brewer
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Part of the popular Famous series, Famous Dolls celebrates dolls in film, TV, cartoons, books, comics and comic strips, as well as toys such as Hamble in Playschool. It also explores the world of celebrity dolls including stars such as Shirley Temple and Mae West, pop star dolls including Michael...
Beautiful Recycled Art
Skills, Tips and Tricks For Learning How To Create Beautiful Recycled Art, Trash Art and More
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Arthur Ferrero
by Joe Kertzman
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Author R.J. Martin, whose knives are some of the most popular and sought-after in the industry, instructs on flat- and double-hollow-grinding knife blades. Martin been featured in BLADE® Magazine with increasing frequency, and here’s your chance to learn his methods for blade grinding. You won’t be disappointed.
Victorian Architectural Sheet-Metal Ornaments
A Reprint of the 1887 Catalog
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Over 1,000 designs in rare 19th-century catalog of impressive architectural ornaments and statuary — rendered in zinc, brass, and copper — includes rosettes, historical figures, angels, gargoyles, knights, eagles, griffins, cornices, friezes, much more. Captions supply measurements and prices. Great browsing for antique and nostalgia buffs; excellent source of royalty-free illustrations.