Antique Victorian Hair Work Instrct Mourning Jewelry CD

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126-yr-old Etchings & Instructions for Mourning Jewelry - 1877!

If you are the first to bid on this auction, using the buy-it-now option, YOU WIN!! There is no chance of being outbid! DON'T WAIT!!

Up for bid is a CD-ROM eBook of the original "Hair-work" instructions with etchings by experienced mourning jewelry artists from the early to pre- Victorian thread crafts era. This information was originally published in 1877! (Original is NOT for sale)

This HISTORIC booklet contains etchings instructions, diagrams, designs and fundamentals for creating a variety of hair work art items. There are 29 ANTIQUE etchings of designs for hair and bead ORNAMENTS with instructions included!

This type of original information is seldom found on eBay or elsewhere! I was fortunate enough in my bibliomaniacal searching to run across this gem and am sharing with those who love the old arts as much as I!!!

See contents below.

Here is an OLD, resourceful and exceptional hair work art instructional and design book on CD-ROM. These instructions are characteristic of the crafts done by our lady ancestors! This is the perfect opportunity to purchase your own version of another wonderful craft booklet revealing our heritage from early America and European!

This information has been scanned onto CD-ROM using the Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF format. INCLUDED is the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 Software for viewing and printing of this software. This is NOT a copy of another CD-ROM. You will receive an ORIGINAL CD of this resourceful book.

The text is viewed easily from your computer or you may choose to print each page as you read this amazing book on silk needlework. Every page has been meticulously scanned, cleaned and burned to preserve this ANTIQUE book's information and patterns to CD-ROM! The format of this resource has so many more advantages than the original book.

What are the benefits of an eBook?

* 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 completely sizable. You can enlarge and print according to your visual needs!

* Each page is saved in PDF format at 300 dsi and is readily accessible using the INCLUDED Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 software program. This program is very user friendly and allows you to print any one specific page/pages or the entire book!

* Each time you want to use an image, a page or pages you can print it out. Every one will be as crisp and clear as the last!

* Each CD-ROM comes in a protective case! Curious about the quality of these scans? Please contact me and I will forward an image for your own personal inspection! Scale it, edit it, print it to fit your needs and you are surely going to be quite pleased with the results! You will appreciate the attention taken in providing a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that you will use for many years to come...

A few quotes:

"As the hair is the only part of our beloved friends which can be kept in memoriam, it is natural that we should desire to preserve the treasure in some way that will testify our appreciation of its value, and when this can be done in a manner that is both pleasing to the taste and that will insure its prolonged or lasting preservation, it becomes a work which all may desire to be able to successfully practice…The ability to so arrange and secure each strand of the sacred treasure, becomes an accomplishment truly valuable, and worthy all the patience and skill required in its performance."

"The smoothness and regularity of hair-work is its greatest beauty, and there is no branch of fancy work which requires so few rules, or which may be so readily acquired by practice. A dexterous use of the fingers, neatness of finish, and that skill in manipulating, called "nimble fingering," are the great requisites in forming perfect leaves and flowers of hair."

"Take nature for your guide, and with hair of various colors and lengths, you will be able to form almost any flower you desire."

What a historically educational and delightful art instructional piece this is!

Contents:

Brooches, Lockets, etc.

Tools Necessary

The Single Plait

Tasteful Designs

Cross and Wreath

Hair Cross

Hair Wreath

Design for Shield

Crown and Hearts

Star

Flowers

Cluster of Convolvulus

Prince's Feather

Group Carnations

Pansies

Butterfly

Ribbon

Forget-me-not

Bell-shaped Flowers

Lily-of-the-valley

Buds of Roses

Roses

Leaves and Tendrils

Double Marguerite

Form of Leaf

Fuchsia

Clover Leaves

Asters

Orange Flowers

Stylized Flower

Oxalis Blooms

Feather Design

Dove Design

~~~The ladies 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! These instructions are very clear and easy to follow and yet the experience needleworker 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 hair-working!

~~~ Thank you for viewing my auction! Please check my other auctions for a variety of interesting vintage & antiqued items.

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~~~ FYI: All text and listing photos in Dakota Prairie Treasure listings may not be copied without my expressed permission...No returns or refunds on written/printed material after delivery to buyer. By purchasing this reproduction, you agree to use it for personal use only: no re-selling of any or all of the contents is permitted.