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Victorian Era Cone, Spruce, Seed, and Acorn Work
Spiral Bound Book Republication™
Originally Published in 1875!
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Up for
bid is another marvelous Dakota Prairie Treasures Spiral Bound
Book Republication™ of the ultra-rare "Cone, Spruce, Seed, and Acorn
Work" originally published in 1875!" This item is filled with Victorian era
instructions and steel plate etchings from an original Victorian
ornamental pine cone, etc., work source! These items were created by
the men and ladies of 1875 and earlier in American, Europe and the
Mediterranean! (Original is NOT for sale)
What an
enchanting historical item to assist you in using your forest finds in creating
one-of-a-kind home decorations, unique gifts and craft fair sale
items!
We will
be adding more Victorian Era designs to the contents of this item as time
allows...
Our new
line of Spiral Bound Book Republications™ oh-so-conveniently lie flat while in
use!
This is
a unbelievably nice touch if you have every tried to read a pattern's
instructions while your hands are full of your in progress project. As an avid
craft worker myself my personal experience prompted my choice of spiral
binding for it's ease-of-use alone. I bet you'll love it
too!
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This
HISTORIC item contains pinecone-work fundamentals, design instructions
and how to prepare your specimens to create a variety of rustic
Americana cone and wood work art items from the mid 1870's! There are
instructions from collecting the materials to display techniques! Very
opulent Victorian style and class!
This is the perfect opportunity to purchase your own
version of another wonderful craft republication revealing our heritage
from early America and European!
An excerpt:
"An exceedingly complimentary article appeared in an English
magazine not long since, regarding the thrift and taste exhibited by our
American girls, in "turning everything to account," as well for ornament as
use; "and," it continued, "what has hitherto by ourselves, in England, been
considered as of no value, has, by American taste been converted into pretty and
useful articles, which make not only pleasing additions to one's home, but
provide an acceptable gift to a friend."
Topics addressed include:
Best Time to Collect Pine Tree Materials
Types of Materials to Collect
(By
species)
Cones
Beech-nut
Husks
Acorns
Oak-apples
Cedar-apples
Nuts
Small Knotted
Twigs
Bark
Leaves
Bark
Moss
Tips of
Cones
Acorn-cups
Tiny Cones &
Burs
Berries of
Various Kinds
Dried
Tendrils
Fir-apples
Alder-Catkins
Peach
Stones
Fruit
Pits
Juniper-Berries
Dried Field
Flowers
Sorting & Cleaning Materials
General
Instructions for Successful Ornament Making
Acorn
Leaf
Tools, Varnishes, etc.
Examples of Items To Make
Baskets
Brackets
Wall-pockets
Card-baskets
Picture
Frames
Spill
Cups
Rustic
Ornaments
Boxes
Mace from Old Cigar-boxes for
Envelopes
Stereoscopic
Slides
Stands for Hyacinth-glasses or Vases of Flowers
Various Methods
of Attaching Materials to Ornament Foundations
Almanac-Frame
Thermometer-Frame
Flower-Stand
Hanging-Basket with Ivy
Key-Rack
of Cone-work
Lambrequin in Cone-Work
Fan or
Glove Box
Wall-Pocket in Cone-Work
Free
Standing Picture-Frame
Newspaper Portfolio in Cone-Work
Hand-Glass with Decoration of Cone-Work
Etagere
in Cone-Work
Knitting
or Key Basket
Needle-Book in Fancy Work
Lamp-Mat
in Cone-Work
Spruce-Work
Ornaments Made with Norway Spruce Materials
Spruce-Frame
"There
are two ways of considering a Norway spruce: One way is to stand off and admire
its noble outline, as it rears itself, a pagoda of living green, against the
sky, with its story of fringed branches, its beautiful, long, pendent cones, and
its delicate hue seeming dark because of the rich masses of foliage. The other
way is to approach with a knife in one hand, the corners of an upheld apron or
the handle of a basket in the other, the head inclined a little on one side, and
a resolute, pursed-up, I'm-going-to-cut expression on the face. Alice and I
often regard our Norway spruces in this last practical fashion, and when we do
so, it is because, in our mind's eye, we see something hanging there besides the
beautiful long, brown cones. We see lovely easels and picture-frames, and a host
of pretty objects which will be just the thing for Christmas presents. So, as
resolutely as the sculptor begins to chip from his marble the fragments that are
hiding his imprisoned statue, we plunge into the tree, intent upon freeing
our brackets, easels, and what-nots from the concealing embrace of its
long, sweeping branches."
How to
Select Appropriate Materials
Branches
Little
Branches
Wood-buds
Cleaning &
Preparing the Materials
Tools
Picture-Frames
Easel
#1
Easel
#2
Bracket
Match-Holders
Pamphlet
or Card Receivers
Spruce-Wood Work
Cigar-cases
Match-safes
Fancy
Boxes
Pretty Vases for
Flowers
Ash-receivers
Napkin-rings
Pincushion-stands
Scent-bottle
Holders
Wood-Boxes, Safes, Etc.
Tobacco or Any
Kind of Box
Materials
Needed
Upright
Match-Stands
Ash-Receivers
Flower-Vases
A
Spruce-Wood Chair
Napkin-Rings
Pincushion-Stands
A Rustic
Box
How to
Preserve the Finished Products
The
supplies need to enjoy this art can be found on eBay quite readily. You just
have to hunt a little bit! Or, of course, you can utilize contemporary tools and
materials found at a near by fabric, craft or hobby store…and then take a walk
through the trees...
The ladies and
gents of earlier times put their hands to such marvelous work and now you can
too! These are beautiful items and sure to delight you and yours! The
instructions are based within the parameters of the Victorian grammatical and
socialization culture. For those who have some experience with that era's verbal
and text style the instructions should be clear and easy to follow. The
experience worker will be capable of altering as per individual needs and
artistic whim.
You will appreciate the attention taken in providing a TOP QUALITY
PRODUCT that you will use for many years to come...and can participate in
reviving an almost dead art of pine and spruce working!
Please check
our other Spiral Bound Book, CD and Single Pattern Republication™ listings
for authentic Victorian fancy work which will give your home or office a
totally unique and extraordinarily genteel touch!
The Spiral
Bound Book Republication™ you will receive is representative of the types
of handicraft expertise of earlier genteel and feminine American and European
culture! If you're into nostalgia like I am you will have many hours of
enjoyment recreating antique needlework items for yourself or others dear to
your heart just the way your great-grandparents did!
You will appreciate the attention taken in
providing a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that you will use for many years to come. This
information has been scanned at a high resolution and electronically
revamped to provide you with the very best hardcopy reproduction.
Our Spiral Bound Republication™
has so many more advantages over the original book.
What are the
benefits of our antique book Spiral Bound
Book Republications™?
* Our products are
produced with front and back covers of heavy stock paper.
* Our products are made using the latest
LaserJet printing technology meaning the ink will not smear like inferior
photocopy or inkjet products do.
* Our spiral binding
allows your book to lie flat during use for ease of viewing while working on
your needlework projects.
* Our products do not
cost a small fortune for you to obtain and enjoy.
* Every image and every page has been scanned
to produce crystal clear images and you never have to deal with any crumbling
old paper!
* These scans are
enlarged to full-page dimensions for ease of viewing!
* You can gift
these wonderful Victorian, Edwardian pattern book finds with family and
friends!
You will
appreciate the attention we have taken in providing you with a TOP QUALITY
PRODUCT that will be use for many years to come...
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product's information for items you make for yourself, as gifts or for fully
complete items you may produce to sell. However, the original designs and images
remain the exclusive legal property of Dakota Prairie Treasures. Neither the CD
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