[Rarebooks] FS: Hints to Tile & China Decorators, 1877

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Sparkes, John C.L. "HINTS TO CHINA AND TILE DECORATORS, from the English
of John C.L. Sparkes...Edited and Revised by an American Decorator Who has
added designs of the principal borders, etc., used by the celebrated
Wedgwood, and a list of all materials used in china and tile decoration"

Boston; S.W. Tilton & Co.: [1877].

A practical guide for Victorian china and tile painters, with technical
and stylistic instructions. John C.L. Sparkes, from whose works this was
adapted, was the Headmaster of the National Art Training School in South
Kensington, Director of the Lambeth School of Art, and an important figure
at the Doulton factories at the time. Uncommon. Softcover. 4.75”x7.25”, 85
pages, 2 b/w plates and several wood engraved text illustrations;
publisher’s yellow softcovers; covers with some soil and wear, front hinge
creased and cracking, rear cover with some edge chips. [30627] $100.00


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