Handicrafts, decorative arts and crafts

Contained within this antique book is a wonderful little guide to wood carving, including information on the tools, techniques, and materials necessary for successful carving.

This vintage book is a comprehensive and accessible manual for building dolls houses and furniture.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This book contains a lovely collection of fretwork patterns.

This book contains a lovely collection of designs for the making of wooden toys for children.

This book contains a concise yet comprehensive treatise on the furniture popular during the Tudor renaissance period - from 1509 to 1603.

This text contains a detailed introduction to French furniture, popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

This antiquarian book contains a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to French polishing.

Contained within this antiquarian book is a detailed and concise look at the furniture of the illustrious cabinet-maker, Thomas Chippendale.

Chintz' was originally glazed calico textiles, initially specifically those imported from India, printed with designs featuring flowers and other patterns in different colours, typically on a light plain background.

Contained within this antique book is a fascinating analysis of Tudor Gothic Furniture.

Furniture repair is work of universal interest and importance, for it would be safe to say that there is scarcely a home to be found that has not some useful article in need of repair.

This text contains a concise and detailed guide to the art of French polishing.

Contained within this antique book is a comprehensive guide to finishing furniture, including information on spraying, and opaque and transparent finishes.

This book contains a treatise on French furniture from the renaissance to the Empire style.

This fascinating little book contains a treatise on furniture from around the world, all produced in the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

Contained within this antique book is a detailed catalogue of exquisite American antique sideboards and kitchen furniture, including sideboards from Hepplewhite, Sheraton, and in the Empire style.

This text contains a detailed, illustrated catalogue of some of Thomas Chippendale's most notable furniture designs, coupled with an informative and fascinating biography of the famous cabinet-maker.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

This vintage book is a complete guide to model trains, dealing with the construction of trains, stations, and accessories.

This delightful little book contains a concise yet comprehensive guide to making wooden toys at home.

This vintage volume is a detailed and fully-illustrated guide to designing and making children's toys.

This little book contains information on making dainty gifts for ladies.

This book is a collection of homemade furniture and household accessories.

This vintage book is a complete guide to net and netting, with historical information, directions of making and using a variety of nets, helpful tips, and much more.

This book deals in non-technical language with everything that the average handyman will need to know about the staining and French polishing of various woods.

Contained within this book is a detailed guide to French polishing, including information on technique, tools, materials, and much more.

This text contains a comprehensive guide to furniture making, including information on making tables, chairs, bookshelves, sideboards, chests, and much more.

Buckinghamshire's reputation for furniture-making goes back to the seventeenth century - for Daniel Defoe mentions chair making in the Chilterns, and High Wycombe has been the acknowledged centre for more than a century and a quarter.

This volume contains a practical guide to repairing watches as a hobby, designed to furnish the novice enthusiast with an elementary understanding of watches that will enable them to clean them and make minor repairs.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

This curated selection of vintage articles is an invaluable resource for anyone passionate about dressmaking, millinery, and tailoring women's clothing.

This is a classic guide to 'Ikebana', the traditional Japanese art of flower arranging.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This vintage book is a complete and beginner-friendly guide to modelling with clay and wax, including directions for bronze and silver chasing and embossing, carving in marble and alabaster, and moulding and casting in plaster of Paris.

This antique text comprises a comprehensive and practical manual for aspiring students of leatherworking, complete with many illustrations and original designs by the author.

This informative book comprises a comprehensive manual of the varying methods used in leatherworking.

This antique book contains a detailed step by step guide to making toy animals out of leather.

The making of bags and purses with leather is one of the oldest and most universal of its uses.

Detailed in this text are a variety of leatherworking techniques and guides that will instruct the reader on how to make plethora of serviceable and decorative items.

This antique text contains one of a series of pamphlets known as the 'Merit Badge Library', written with the intention of providing American boy scouts with the information required to attain certain merit badges.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This antique text comprises a detailed guide pertaining to the construction of bird cages for use inside the home.

This book is a collection of vintage articles on model boat building, with information on tools and equipment, instructions for fitting engines, tips for sailing and racing, and more.