This vintage sourcebook, reproduced from a rare edition, provides designers and craftworkers with intricate plates of graceful interlaced designs. Authentic patterns include scrollwork, finials, banisters, interlaced vines, floral carvings, and many other elegant fretwork designs. They're perfect for lending a quaint touch to countless print and craft projects. Reprint of Album de la Maison C. Waaseret Madin, La Décoration en Bois Découpé, A. Levy, Paris, 1864.
Victorian Fret-Work and Wood Carving: Patterns and Instructions by F. Edward Hulme Patterns and advice for creating monograms, inscriptions, florals, vines, animal forms, more — appropriate for applying to photo album and scrapbook covers, picture and mirror frames, and other domestic accessories.
The Book of Wood Carving by Charles Marshall Sayers Finest book for beginners discusses fundamentals and offers 34 designs for panels, bookends, mirrors, and other projects.
Bemrose on Traditional Woodworking: Carving, Fretwork, Buhl Work and Marquetry by William Bemrose, Frederick Wilbur This three-in-one volume combines a trio of rare classics on artisanal woodworking techniques and designs. Practical instructions, helpful diagrams, and other illustrations explain cabinetry building with metal inlays, cut-out decorative designs, and more.
