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...
Toda (Indic people); Toda language (India); Photography in ethnology; Cartography -- Great Britain; Niligiri Plateau; India; India -- Description and travel; Photography -- India -- 19th century; Documentary photography -- India -- 19th century
"26 [24] collotypes, 16 from photographs of scenery and people of the Todas. Printed by Autotype Co., London. Bourne and Shepard, Simla and Nicholas and Curths of Madras were the photographers...a good example of the Autotype Company's use of...
Coal-tar colors; Calico-printing; Dyes and dyeing; International Exhibition (1861 : London, England)
Includes mounted specimens of cloth. Included are textile samples from Wood and Wright, Calico printers and bleachers, Manchester (England); Edward Schunck and Simon Pincoffs, dye chemists, Manchester (England); E. Brooke and Co., dye chemists,...
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...
Rest of title page: ... Illustrated with upwards of 800 wood engravings, and coloured plates. Plain sewing, textiles, dressmaking, appliances, and terms / by S.F.A. Caulfeild ; Church embroidery, lace, and ornamental needlework, by Blanche C. Saward
Exhibited: A Taste for the Antique, organized by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library, 1994-5. Remainder of imprint: published by J. Taylor, at The Architectural Library, No. 59, High Holburn, 1808 : Printed by S. Gosnell, Little...
Decoration and ornament -- Japan; Stencil work -- Japan
English, German and French, each part having special title page and separate paging; On inserted slip: The issue of this (the first) edition, containing a real Japanese stencil-plate as frontispiece, is limited in number
Title page and dedication lithographed; Essay on ornamental art ... By James Ballantine. London : W. S. Orr & Co., 1847, has its own title page and is separately paged; Cover title: Book of ornamental designs