A study of the artist's way of working in the various handicrafts and arts of design
A 1905 New York survey of decorative arts by the art critic Russell Sturgis, written for students and practising designers, that examines how artists approached bookbinding, textiles and metalwork. The pictures show halftone reproductions of bindings, damask and brocade patterns, and a relief-decorated metal disc, and a designer could take from them the tooled leather spine layout, the scrolling acanthus and chrysanthemum motifs of woven silks, and the ring of stamped borders.
