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Handicrafts in the home (1910)

Priestman, Mabel Tuke · Chicago, A. C. McClurg & co. · leaf 128

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of the sarongs are rich in colouring,—dull reds, with deep greens with delicatetraceries and intricate designs. It would be almost impossible to get thebeauty of detail in modern work, as Westernershave not the infinite patience that Orientalspossess, and as there is an inherited art bornin them ;… … f. ■f. y. x < CHAPTER XILEATHER WORK THE art of leather work can be learnedvery easily, as it consists of drawingupon dampened material, so that any girlwho can draw will be able to make beautifuland original pieces of leather work, requiringa very small outlay of expense. If thecraft-worker has…

Handicraft · Decoration and ornament

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