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Clara Roth, Author, Social Activist, Educator

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Clara Roth: Social Activist; Author; Educator Enjoy high resolution jpeg images of each Clara Roth Chip Carving Plate. Each was scanned from the original in my personal collection.  Jump to Roth Plates I-VI Jump to Roth Plates 1-5 Jump to Roth Plates 6-10 Jump to Roth Plates 11-15 Jump to Roth Plates 16-20 Jump to Roth Plates 21-25 Jump to Roth Plates 26-30 Jump to Roth Plates 31-35 Jump to Roth Plates 36-40 Clara Roth 1855-1942 Who was Clara Roth? A Jewish woman forced to flee from her home during the Holocaust. A social activist in Europe at a time when women in social activism were disparaged by the male dominated society. An artist and educator whose promotion of Slöjd in education for children and young adults was influential in the introduction and expansion of hand craft as an essential part of pedagogy.   Clara Roth, née Morgenstern, was an influential 19th century Jewish educator, social activist and author. She was born on May 10, 1855 in Breslau, Poland to Lina Morg...
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A Bit About The Ford BIt Company

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The Ford Bit Company 19th Century Trade Catalog Typography Why trade catalog typography? Because I have a penchant for trade catalogs and even more for typography, Trade catalogs are nearly extinct now thanks to the world wide web. During the second half of the 19th century, the commercial printing business of designing trade catalogs was a speciality unto itself. This was mass marketing at it's finest. Trade catalogs had to grab the attention of both the wholesale and retail customers. What better way to do this than with eye catching typographic designs? Hardware and Tool Manufacturer Trade Catalogs If you hadn't already guessed, I have a thing for what I shall term, because I can, "Occupational Trade Catalogs". Herewith we begin with The Ford Bit Company, makers of patented Auger Bits of Holyoke, Massachusetts, circa 1896. Take a gander at the exuberance of this minimalist design: Now that you have reveled in the brief but rewarding visual experience of the Ford Bi...
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Toolemera Press Departments

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Table Of Contents Home Shop Reprints Free PDF Pinterest Reference Sloyd/Slöjd Japan Woodworking Rhykenology - Wooden Planes Using & Making Hand Tools Occupational Photographs Vintage Trade Catalogs Finishing Joinery Wood Turning The Woodworker Series Designs & Plans Textiles Wood Carving & Scrolling Tool Chests & Workbenches Cookery & Farming/Farriery Ship Builders Adverts & Letter/Billheads
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c1860 Wood Turner, Cat and Dog Lathe

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 Pattern Maker, Wood Turner, Custom Built Dog and Cat Lathe, c1860 A truly one of a kind 19th century cabinet card. Photographed c1860 somewhere in the United States. This one is as idiosyncratic as it gets. The canvas backdrop indicates a traveling photographer. The turner's hair and garments alwo indicate U.S. Civil War period. Now to the good stuff. The lathe looks to be a manufactured leather belt driven pattern makers lathe. Very heavy bed frame. This thing must have weighed a ton. What stands out are the head and tail stocks. Look carefully at the photo! I have no doubt these parts were made by the turner as patterns, then cast in the foundry connected to the commercial shop. The Head Stock is a Dog. The Tail Stock is a Cat, notably the adjustment wheel is, shall we say, the Tail, exiting through the cat's rectum. If only I knew if this lathe still exists, somewhere in a collection of museum. To date I haven't found it. Buy a high quality reproduction from PrintsAntiq...
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Furniture Making Advanced Projects In Woodwork Ira S. Griffith 1912 ISBN: 9780983150015

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Furniture Making: Advanced Projects In Woodwork by Ira S. Griffith 1912. - Manual Arts Press   ISBN: 9780983150015 Discounted!  Buy Direct from Toolemera Press "The purpose of all education is the better preparation of the student to meet his environment, present and probable future, as judged by society." Ira S. Griffith. A practical as well as theoretical educator, Ira S. Griffith was a leader in the Manual Arts Education movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His books for students and educators formed the groundwork of the evolution of Manual Arts and later Vocational Education. Furniture Making: Advanced Projects In Woodwork contains 51 exercises and measured drawings of projects ranging from basic books shelves through to the famous Morris Chair. Gary Roberts, Toolemera Press publisher, returns to print classic books on early crafts, trades and industries. All titles are produced from the originals in his personal collection. More Furniture, Woodwork and A...
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The Art And Craft Of Cabinet-Making by David Denning 1891 ISBN: 9780982532980

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The Art And Craft Of Cabinet-Making: A Practical Handbook To The Construction Of Cabinet Furniture; The Use Of Tools, Formation Of Joints, Hints On Designing And Setting Out Work, Veneering, Etc.  by David Denning  1891   ISBN: 9780982532980 Discounted!  Buy Direct from Toolemera Press David Denning wrote four influential 19th century texts on: cabinet-making; fretwork; carving and finishing. His works were and are frequently quoted and referenced in books by woodworkers, for woodworkers. In print through numerous editions from the late 19th Century through the early 20th Century,  The Art And Craft Of Cabinet-Making  provides a thorough review of the tools and techniques of hand crafted cabinet-making as practiced during the 1800's, as evidenced by this period review: "Mr. David Denning's hand-book on The Art and Craft of Cabinet-Making ... will be welcomed by amateurs and young craftsmen, and even experienced workman may derive pleasure and profit from it...
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Carpentry Made Easy Or The Art And Science Of Framing by William E. Bell 1858 ISBN: 9780989747783

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Carpentry Made Easy: Or, The Art And Science Of Framing by William E. Bell 1858 ISBN: 9780989747783 Discounted!  Buy Direct from Toolemera Press Carpentry Made Easy; Or, The Art And Science Of Framing , was written by William E. Bell of Ottawa, Illinois and published by Howard Challen of Philadelphia in 1858. It remained in continuous publication through 1904, evidence of the book's importance to the architectural and building trades of the period. Carpentry Made Easy  was the first American architectural trade book to popularize the transition from heavy timber frame to light balloon frame construction. Although not the first book to introduce balloon frame construction, Bell's text was the first American technical book to thoroughly describe the method in such a way as to allow the skilled practical carpenter to readily apply this affordable building method. Included were the various major framing methods of the period for everything from small house construction to barns, m...
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