Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 534
t in theopposite direction they must needs cockle and break.When a carpenter wants to plane some tiny piece ofwood, perhaps a portion of a miniature dolls house,he does not run a small plane over it, as we do, butuses a large heavy one, very sharp, and turned upside-down. In this way very delicate… … Workers selves more readily to delicate work. As to their littlewood-carving tools, they are perfect joys ! I shall neverforget the expressions on the faces of my British work-men as they unpacked the cases of goods that arrivedfrom Japan, and came across saws as thin as tissuepaper with their…
Art -- Japan · Japan -- Social life and customs 1868-1912
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