Handicrafts, decorative arts and crafts

Furniture Decoration Made Easy - A practical work manual for decorating furniture by stencilling, gold-leaf application and freehand painting.

This vintage volume contains a complete guide to building kitchen cabinets, with simple instructions, working drawings, and lists of materials for the eleven most popular styles, in sizes to suit any kitchen.

This vintage book contains a catalogue of French provincial furniture and accessories, including lamps, clocks, faience, porcelain, garden fountains, sculptures, and other ornaments.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to building, rigging, and sailing model sailing yachts and boats.

This book contains a classic guide to making lampshades out of satin and silk.

"e;The Practical Gold-Worker"e; is a comprehensive handbook designed for goldsmiths and jewellers, containing information on alloying, melting, reducing, colouring, collecting, refining, and much more.

"e;Art Of Coppersmithing"e; is a detailed and interesting treatise on the subject, exploring its history and development and giving precise, illustrated instructions as to how various results are achieved.

"e;How to Sew an Apron"e; is a classic guide to making a variety of traditional women's aprons, with chapters on hat making.

This book contains a classic article on the patterns used in quilt making in southern Wales and Northern England.

"e;Cane Work"e; is a classic guide to weaving baskets, offering the reader simple instructions on how to make a variety of baskets, ranging from the simple and practical to ornate and decorative.

A detailed guide to dressmaking, being a handbook of pattern drafting and design.

Follow instructions on how to make leather items.

We start of with a history of the origins of Punch from Italy and then its progress through both England and America.

This is a classic guide to crochet, a process of creating fabric from yarn, thread, or other material strands using a crochet hook.

This book contains a classic handbook on the art of decorating leather, with information on tools and equipment, materials, techniques, common problems, and many other related aspects.

This vintage text contains a comprehensive and practical guide to watch repair, with information on simple and complex repairs, cleaning, general maintenance, and much more besides.

Silkworms.

This antiquarian volume contains a concise yet detailed introduction to antique household clocks, with information on the inner workings and machinations of clocks, their external and decorative characteristics, and more.

First published in 1939 this classic, historical book is in its complete and unabridged original form, extensively illustrated and full of instruction that is as useful and practical today as it was when originally published.

First published in 1950, this is a vintage guide to making classic stuffed toys by hand.

This book contains a comprehensive guide to making artificial flowers out of various materials.

Discover the captivating history and practice of printing in this comprehensive guide to the technique and art of the antiquated craft.

This volume deals with "e;samplers"e;, embroidery pattern books popular in Europe in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

A perfect book for the keen amateur engineer interested in restoring an old engine that has been lying around.

This vintage handbook provides practical instructions in the art of wood finishing techniques, including French Polishing, staining, waxing, oiling and repairing and restoration methods.

This little book contains an alphabetical list of world famous watch and clock makers.

This vintage book contains a concise yet detailed discussion of the pocket watch, being a short essay on the history of the pocket watch with information on early designers, important people, its development, and much more.

This antiquarian book contains a short treatise on the tools and materials of the watchmaker, being an accessible guide to the constituents of the amateur watchmaker's toolkit complete with information on how to make your own tools.

This antiquarian book contains a detailed account of the history of marine and pocket chronometer, with information on notable designers and manufactures, popularity, evolution, and much more.

"e;The Knitting Teacher's Assistant"e; is a handbook originally designed for teachers of needlework in girls' schools.

This classic book offers the reader a simple, beginner-friendly guide to knitting a variety of winter garments, including mittens, gloves, and socks.

This volume contains a simple, beginner-friendly guide to crocheting a variety of garments, ranging from the sweet and simple to the delicate and difficult.

This vintage book contains a complete guide to the examples of English wrought-iron work contemporarily held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

"e;Children and Misses Garments"e; is a classic guide to tailoring and dressmaking, focusing on producing clothes for women and young girls.

This volume contains a step-by-step guide to sewing a variety of women's accessories.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to knitting men's waistcoats.

This vintage book contains a collection of knitting patterns for a diverse range of "e;smart"e; tops for women.

This vintage book contain a collection of crochet patterns and directions for making Afghan throws and rugs.

This is a classic guide to knitting a variety of soft toys, including animals, dolls, clowns, puppets, toy clothing, and much more.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to decorating leather, with information on staining, painting, modelling, tools and equipment, and many other related aspects.

"e;Fancy Aprons and Sunbonnets"e; is a classic guide to making a variety of traditional women's aprons, with chapters on hat making.

This vintage book is a comprehensive and practical guide to the craft of marquetry - a decorative work made from inlaid wood and veneer to form patterns or pictures.

All aspects of lampshade making are covered in this handy guide.

Bestselling international author and artist Jean Haines Ao new book takes readers on an exciting journey through painting.

This antiquarian volume contains a detailed guide to fly-making.

This early work by William Morris was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

An essential text from the founder of Kelmscott Press, featuring enlightening details on the history and art of printing.

This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on the subject of modern painting, being an exploration of its tendency and meaning.

This book contains a detailed guide to manual wood carving, including information on tools, materials, and technique.

This fascinating text contains comprehensive handbook on intarsia and marquetry from the 'Handbooks for The Designer and Craftsman' series.