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The gold glass letter trade catalog, as an instant download.
Gold Glass Letters (1910) from the Chicago Glass Novelty Co. is the trade catalog of gold glass letters, door plates, and numbers — short, visual, and pure period ephemera from the glass-letter trade. A window into how the work was sold.
Inside this 1910 manual:
Glass was the sign painter’s finest canvas, and this 1910 volume teaches its crafts: glass embossing. Glass artists and sign painters doing reverse-glass work will find 26 pages of period method from Chicago Glass Novelty Co.. Glass workers kept volumes like this at the bench, matching old designs to new commissions.
Complete your shelf: See also Sign Writing and Glass Embossing (1890), Designs for Embossed Glass (1904), Chipped, Ground, Enameled and Embossed Glass (1895).
Details:
- Complete 1910 edition scan — 24 pages
- Trade catalog of gold glass letters and door plates
- Period glass-trade ephemera
- Pattern plates for embossed, chipped, and enameled glass
- Gold-leaf glass lettering methods from the trade’s height
- Ornament for sashes, transoms, and mirrors
- Two files included: the original scan, cleaned of dust, stray marks, and handwritten notes, and a cleaned white-background edition that's easy on the eyes and the printer
- PDF format, instant download after purchase — no physical book ships
