Publication information from title page in Vol. 1. Includes dedication to H.R.M. Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne. Rest of title page: ... Illustrated with upwards of 800 wood engravings. Plain sewing, textiles, dressmaking, appliances, and...
Weaving; Weaving -- France -- History -- 19th century; Silk weaving -- France -- Lyon; Textile fabrics -- France -- Lyon; Textile machinery -- France -- History; Weaving -- Study and teaching -- France
Caption title, page [3]; Handwritten, and handdrawn diagrams; Includes mounted fabric samples; Autograph inscription inside front cover: Théodore Bon, Tourcoing, 1897. Ce livre, provenant de la bibliothèque de Mr. Ronze, ancien dessinateur et...
Handwritten note on inside of front cover gives names of dealers in Barmen, Germany and Paris (Lucas & Vorsteher, textile manufacturers, Wuppertal (Germany) and A. Porcher(?), rue d'Hauteville, Paris (France)). "Embroideries for night shirts."...
Plates are mounted samples. Title vignette, engraving. Impression limited to three hundred copies, 250 on Dutch hand-made paper, demy quarto, of which this is number 162. Notes on works treating of tartans: pages [57]-61.
Title from spine no title page; List of the clans of Scotland with the badges of distinction used by them (2 ¡.) inserted at front; Illustrations are samples of clan plaids with clan flowers in watercolors; Bookplate of Elphinstone, Carberry...
Pencil note on inside of front cover: Pattern book of silks and damasks, 292 pieces. Pencil note on back endpaper: About 385 samples; Illustrations are fabric samples
Through Shen-Kan is the account of a 1908-09 expedition to the Shensi and Kansu provinces of northern China. The expedition was funded by Robert Sterling Clark, one of the heirs to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Clark was joined by the...
