Download or read book A Button Collector s Second Journal With illustrations written by Lillian Smith Albert and published by . This book was released on with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Button Collector s Second Journal written by Mrs. Lillian Albert and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Button Collector s Journal written by Lillian Smith Albert and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Collector s Encyclopedia of Buttons written by Sally C. Luscomb and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete one-volume library of information covering all periods, materials, manufacturers, and every other subject of interest to the button collector.

Download or read book The Antiques Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hobbies written by Steven M. Gelber and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-25 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether it's needlepoint or woodworking, collecting stamps or dolls, everyone has a hobby, or is told they need one. But why do we fill our leisure time with the activities we do? And what do our hobbies say about our culture? Steven Gelber here traces the history and significance of hobbies from the mid-nineteenth century through the 1950s. Although hobbies are often touted as a break from work, Gelber demonstrates that they reflect and reproduce the values and activities of the workplace by bringing utilitarian rationality into the home, imitating the economic stratification of the marketplace, and reinforcing traditional gender roles. Drawing on a wide array of social and cultural theory, Hobbies fills a critical gap in American cultural history and provides a compelling new perspective on the meaning of leisure.

Download or read book Hobbies written by and published by . This book was released on 1946-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Button Sampler written by Lillian Smith Albert and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buttons? Why should anyone collect buttons? To judge from the experience of a museum that has a sizeable collection, buttons still remain unconsidered trifles in the minds of many who have not yet discovered the variety and fascination of these indispensables. But visitors to the museum come, see and are conquered; and the same captivation is in store for the readers of the present book. -- Foreword.

Download or read book The American Antiques Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Little Buttons written by Ethel Bugbee Cassidy and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries New Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1942 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Part 1, Books, Group 1, Nos. 1-12 (1942)

Download or read book Dear Print Fan written by Marjorie B. Cohn and published by Harvard Art Museum (Acc). This book was released on 2001 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 48 essays by art historians, curators and conservators pay tribute to Dr. Cohn, the highly creative Carl A. Weyerhaeser Curator of Prints, Fogg Art Museum.

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Download or read book The Coat Route written by Meg Lukens Noonan and published by Spiegel & Grau. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s world of fast fashion, is there a place for a handcrafted $50,000 coat? When journalist Meg Lukens Noonan learned of an unthinkably expensive, entirely handcrafted overcoat that a fourth-generation tailor had made for one of his longtime clients, she set off on an adventure to understand its provenance, and from that impulse unspooled rich and colorful stories about its components, the centuries-old bespoke industry and its traditions, and the master craftsmen whose trade is an art form. In The Coat Route, Noonan pieces together the creation of the coat in question, tracing its elements to their far-flung sources, from the remote mountains of Peru, where villagers shear vicunas—whose soft fleece is more coveted and rare than the finest cashmere—to the fabulous Florentine headquarters of Stefano Ricci, the world’s greatest silk designer; from the family-owned French fabric house Dormeuil, founded in 1842, which drapes kings, presidents, and movie stars to the 150-year-old English button-making firm that creates the ne plus ultra of fasteners out of Indian water-buffalo horn and the workshop of the master hand engraver who makes the eighteen-karat gold plaque that hangs inside the coat’s collar. We meet the dapper son-in-law of an Australian wine baron who commissions the coat’s creation, and we come to know John Cutler, one of the top bespoke tailors in the world, who works his magic with scissors and thread out of his Sydney shop, redolent of cedar and English wool. Featuring a cast of offbeat, obsessed, and wildly entertaining characters, The Coat Route presents a rich tapestry of local masters, individual artisans, and family-owned companies that have stood against the tide of mass consumerism. As Noonan comes to realize, these craftsmen, some of whom find themselves on the brink of retirement with no obvious successors, have increasing reason to believe that their way is the best way—best for their customers, best for the environment, and best for the quality of life of all involved. The Coat Route is a love song to things of lasting value. Praise for The Coat Route “A spirited tour of fashion history . . . The Coat Route compels us to remember that behind every garment is a deep history and a pair of human hands—whether those hands stitched the dress’s hem or pulled a lever that stringed together that $30 must-have jacket.”—The Wall Street Journal “Delightful . . . The Coat Route celebrates those who work with their hands, creating something beautiful and lasting.”—The Seattle Times “[Meg Lukens Noonan’s] exploration of the business of fashion is fascinating and thorough, and her examination of bespoke goods redefines the words luxury and obsession.”—The Daily Beast “Traditions of bespoke tailoring (and other related crafts) are skirting the edge of extinction. Noonan’s delightful story makes us hope they endure.”—Publishers Weekly “A fabulous story, brilliantly told . . . I couldn’t have enjoyed it more.”—Bill Bryson “As captivating as any mystery or thriller, The Coat Route demystifies the rarefied universe of bespoke tailoring and provides a lens into the culture that covets it. It educates and inspires. I couldn’t put it down!”—Tim Gunn From the Hardcover edition.