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Title: Wood-Carving
Design and Workmanship

Author: George Jack

Editor: W. R. Lethaby

Release Date: July 19, 2007 [EBook #22107]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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THE ARTISTIC CRAFTS SERIES OF TECHNICAL HANDBOOKS EDITED BY W. R.
LETHABY

WOOD-CARVING: DESIGN AND WORKMANSHIP ARTISTIC CRAFTS SERIES OF
TECHNICAL HANDBOOKS.

Edited by W. R. LETHABY.

The series will appeal to handicraftsmen in the industrial and mechanic
arts. It will consist of authoritative statements by experts in every
field for the exercise of ingenuity, taste, imagination--the whole
sphere of the so-called "dependent arts."

BOOKBINDING AND THE CARE OF BOOKS. A Handbook for Amateurs,
Bookbinders, and Librarians. By DOUGLAS COCKERELL. With 120
Illustrations and Diagrams by Noel Rooke, and 8 collotype
reproductions of binding. 12mo. $1.25 net; postage, 12 cents
additional.

SILVERWORK AND JEWELRY. A Text-Book for Students and Workers in
Metal. By H. WILSON. With 160 Diagrams and 16 full-page
Illustrations. 12mo. $1.40 net; postage, 12 cents additional.

WOOD CARVING: DESIGN AND WORKMANSHIP. By GEORGE JACK. With Drawings
by the Author and other Illustrations.

_In Preparation_:

CABINET-MAKING AND DESIGNING. By C. SPOONER.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.

[Illustration: A SUGGESTION FROM NATURE AND PHOTOGRAPHY.
See page 197.]

WOOD-CARVING
DESIGN AND
WORKMANSHIP
BY GEORGE JACK
WITH
DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR
AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS

NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1903

COPYRIGHT, 1903,
BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

_All rights reserved_

_Published October, 1903_

EDITOR'S PREFACE

In issuing these volumes of a series of Handbooks on the Artistic
Crafts, it will be well to state what are our general aims.

In the first place, we wish to provide trustworthy text-books of
workshop practise, from the points of view of experts who have
cri