Download or read book A Catalog of Roycroft Books and Things Craftie written by Roycroft Shop and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Head Heart and Hand written by Marie Via and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Head, Heart and Hand is published to accompany the exhibition of the same name, the first major assemblage of objects produced at the Roycroft community in upstate New York under the leadership of the charismatic Elbert Hubbard. A consummate entrepreneur, Hubbard successfully married capitalism with basic tenets of the Arts and Crafts ideology. Although clearly influenced by the work of European designers, the Roycrofters sought to personify the best aspects of American character in their work, which is strong, spare, and often surprisingly refined.

Download or read book Roycroft Campus written by Robert Charles Rust and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the American Arts and Crafts movement is embodied in the Roycroft community. Founded by Elbert Green Hubbard, the Roycroft is more than just a National Historic Landmark in the charming village of East Aurora, New York. Roycroft's artisans and craftspersons ?ourished from 1898 to 1938, producing some of America's best and most important crafts, furniture, and books. This visual history through postcards and motto cards produced by the Roycrofters' presses shares the story and philosophy of their movement. Here, the 1898 postcards featuring "the Characters of the place" and the years of the "Roycroft Renaissance" show the growth and continuity.

Download or read book The Book of the Roycrofters written by Roycroft Shop and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Roycroft Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Roycroft Leather Book Being a Catalog of Beautiful Leathern Things made Roycroftie by Hand written by Roycroft Artists and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-06 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage book contains a catalogue of leather goods hand-made by Roycroft artists in the early twentieth century. Roycroft was a reformist community of craft workers and artists which formed part of the Arts and Crafts movement in the United States. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in leather work and the historical work of the famous Roycroft artists. Contents include: "Modelled Leather", "Terms", "The Leather-Book", "Bill-Books", "Cigar-Cases", "Card-Cases", "Photograph-Cases", "Standing Photograph-Frames", "Scissors and Knife Cases", "Suit-Case Plain Leather", "Watch-Fobs", "Book-Marks", "Napkin-Rings", "Jewel-Boxes", "Glove-Cases", "Bags", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction. First published in 1909.

Download or read book The Roycroft Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Roycroft Books written by Roycroft Shop and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Roycroft Catalog written by Roycroft Shop and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The notebook of Elbert Hubbard mottoes epigrams short essays orphic sayings and preachemnts coined from a life of love laughter and work written by Elbert Hubbard and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Rise of Everyday Design written by Monica Penick and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fresh look at the Arts and Crafts Movement charts its origins in reformist ideals, its engagement with commercial culture, and its ultimate place in everyday households.

Download or read book A History and Bibliography of the Roycroft Printing Shop written by Paul McKenna and published by . This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things written by Elbert Hubbard and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... HE so-called "disad-A MESSAGE vantages" in the life of To GARCIA a child are often its advantages. And on the other hand "advantages" are very often disadvantages of a most serious sort. To be born in the country, of poor parents, is no disadvantage. The strong men in every American city--the men who can do things; the men like James J. Hill, Charles E. Perkins, Philip G. Armour, Norton Finney, S. S. Merrill, or the late Tom Potter, who gloried in difficulties, waxed strong in overcoming obstacles & laughed at disaster--men who could build three miles of railroad a day, and cause prosperous cities to spring up where before were only swamps and jungle, barren plains or endless forest--these men were all country boys, nurtured in adversity ff And it is but the tritest truism to say that the early life of industry and unceasing economy of time and things, was the best possible preparation and education that these men could have had for doing a great work ff A Message I once heard George M. Pullman tell how To GARCIA at ten years of age he used to cut wood so his mother could cook, help her wash the dishes and sweep; carry water for her to do the washing, and assist her hanging out the clothes. In a year or two more he planted the garden, knew all kinds of vegetable seeds on sight, knew every forest tree that grew in Western New York and could distinguish between the qualities of the wood. At seventeen he helped his father move houses and barns and dig wells and construct church steeples. That is to say he was getting an education--learning to do things in the best way. He was developing physique and also building character and making soul-fibre. He was learning to make plans and execute them, think for himself and be strong and...