M. de Garsault's 1767 Art of the Shoemaker - An Annotated Translation

Returns us to a world where shoes, like most other goods, were made by hand with time-honored techniques - from preparing threads and shoemakers' wax to the stitch-by-stitch use of the awl and the proper making of an inseam.

Summary

Returns us to a world where shoes, like most other goods, were made by hand with time-honored techniques - from preparing threads and shoemakers' wax to the stitch-by-stitch use of the awl and the proper making of an inseam.

Product details

• Authors: François A De Garsault, François a. de Garsault, Francois Alexandre De Garsault, D. A. Saguto, D.A. Saguto
• Assisted by: D A Saguto (Translation), D. A. Saguto (Translation)
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2009
• EAN: 9780896726505
• ISBN: 978-0-89672-650-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 236 mm x 292 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 1860 g
• Series: Costume Society of America; Costume Society of America
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Handicrafts, textiles; Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design