The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's companion : comprising the art of drawing, as applicable to cabinet work; veneering, inlaying, and buhl work ... with numerous receipts, useful to workmen generally
A trade manual by J. Stokes for cabinetmakers and upholsterers, issued by Henry Carey Baird & Co. in Philadelphia in 1906, teaching drawing, veneering, inlaying and buhl work alongside workshop recipes. Line engravings drill the parts of ornament in isolation: scroll and volute exercises, anthemion and palmette fans, rosettes in circles, lidded urns, guilloche bands and gridded fret patterns.
