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- Model: BK-SIGN-WRITING-GLASS-EMBOSSING-1890
The complete illustrated guide, as an instant download.
Sign Writing and Glass Embossing (1890) by James Callingham is the complete practical illustrated guide — sign writing plus glass embossing, the exact combination her gold-leaf customers live in. Glass and gold-leaf work taught properly, in the Victorian manner.
Inside this 1890 guide:
Chipped, embossed, enameled, lettered in gold: this 1890 book covers gold glass letters as working trades. Glass artists and sign painters restoring or reproducing period glass start with 290 pages like these. The pattern plates transfer straight to glass — size them to your sash and work from the book.
Complete your shelf: See also Gold Glass Letters (1910), Designs for Embossed Glass (1904), Chipped, Ground, Enameled and Embossed Glass (1895).
Details:
- Complete 1890 edition scan — 288 pages
- Sign writing plus glass embossing
- The illustrated Victorian trade guide
- Pattern plates for embossed, chipped, and enameled glass
- Gold-leaf glass lettering methods from the trade’s height
- Designs sized for real glass work
- 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
