Handbook on poker work, chip carving, pewter modelling, Sir-Ver embossing … and … marquetry staining

A$110 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

London : Condrup Ltd., circa 1920. Octavo, lettered wrappers (foxed), pp. 24, illustrated. Illustrated catalogue with equipment for the lost art of poker working, carving and modelling etc., including poker working machines and sundries, portfolios of designs, chip carving tools, knives, and accessories, and equipment for sir-ver embossing, or the art of embossing on silk velvet. Rare with no other copy traced in institutions on online a rare insight into arts and crafts of the period.

• Binding: Hardcover

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