Wood-carving
Here are entered works on carved, cut, or gouged wood having both a decorative and functional purpose. Works on art works made by carving or assembling components of wood and created primarily for their aesthetic value are entered under Wood sculpture.
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Broader terms:Related term:Narrower terms:- Wood-carving -- Italy
- Wood-carving -- Morocco
- Indian wood-carving
- Islamic wood-carving
- Wood-carving, Renaissance
- Whittling
- Woodcarving
- Wood-carving, Primitive
- Wood carvings
- Wood craft
- Woodcraft
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The Art of Wood Carving: Practical Hints to Amateurs, and a Short History of the Art (London: Virtue and Co., 1867), by George Alfred Rogers (multiple formats at archive.org)- A Manual of Wood Carving (revised edition; New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1909), by Charles Godfrey Leland and John J. Holtzapffel (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Wood-Carving: Design and Workmanship (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1903), by George Jack, ed. by W. R. Lethaby (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- Italian Renaissance Frames (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990), by Timothy J. Newbery, George Bisacca, and Laurence B. Kanter (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- Italian Renaissance Frames (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990), by Timothy J. Newbery, George Bisacca, and Laurence B. Kanter (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- The Minbar from the Kutubiyya Mosque (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; et al., c1998), contrib. by Jonathan Bloom, Aḥmad Tawfīq, Stefano Carboni, Jack Soultanian, Antoine M. Wilmering, Mark D. Minor, Andrew Zawacki, and El Mostafa Hbibi (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- The Minbar from the Kutubiyya Mosque (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; et al., c1998), contrib. by Jonathan Bloom, Aḥmad Tawfīq, Stefano Carboni, Jack Soultanian, Antoine M. Wilmering, Mark D. Minor, Andrew Zawacki, and El Mostafa Hbibi (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- Native Paths: American Indian Art from the Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1998), ed. by Allen Wardwell, contrib. by Janet Catherine Berlo, Bruce Bernstein, Ted J. Brasser, N. Scott Momaday, and W. Richard West (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Wood sculpture, Bambara- The Making of Bamana Sculpture: Creativity and Gender (Cambridge, UK et al: Cambridge University Press, c1994), by Sarah C. Brett-Smith (multiple formats at ACLS Humanities E-Book)
- Mediaeval Gem Engraving, by C. W. King (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
- Ancient Art in Miniature: Near Eastern Seals from the Collection of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1987), by Holly Pittman, contrib. by Joan Aruz (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- Die Antiken Gemmen, Geschichte der Steinschneidekunst im Klassischen Altertum (3 volumes, n German; Leipzig: Giesecke und Devrient, 1900), by Adolf Furtwängler
- Medieval Jewish Seals from Europe (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, c1987), by Daniel M. Friedenberg (multiple formats with commentary at wayne.edu)
- Ancient Oriental Seals in the Collection of Mr. Edward T. Newell, by Hans Henning van der Osten (page images at Chicago)
- Sigillographie de l'Empire Byzantin (in French; Paris: E. Leroux, 1884), by Gustave Léon Schlumberger (page images at HathiTrust)
- Medieval Jewish Seals from Europe (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, c1987), by Daniel M. Friedenberg (multiple formats with commentary at wayne.edu)
- Medieval Jewish Seals from Europe (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, c1987), by Daniel M. Friedenberg (multiple formats with commentary at wayne.edu)
- Numismata Cromwelliana: or, The Medallic History of Oliver Cromwell, Illustrated by His Coins, Medals and Seals (London: John Russell Smith, 1877), by Henry William Henfrey
- Sasanian Stamp Seals in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978), by Christopher J. Brunner (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- Ancient Art in Miniature: Near Eastern Seals from the Collection of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1987), by Holly Pittman, contrib. by Joan Aruz (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- Die Antiken Gemmen, Geschichte der Steinschneidekunst im Klassischen Altertum (3 volumes, n German; Leipzig: Giesecke und Devrient, 1900), by Adolf Furtwängler
- Medieval Jewish Seals from Europe (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, c1987), by Daniel M. Friedenberg (multiple formats with commentary at wayne.edu)
- Netsuke: Masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Abrams, c1982), by Barbra Teri Okada (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archaeology, and in Science (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1916), by George Frederick Kunz (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
- Jade in Ancient Costa Rica (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1998), ed. by Julie Jones, contrib. by Mark Miller Graham, Juan Vincente Guerrero M., Michael J. Snarskis, and Zulay Soto Mendez (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Stone Sculpture (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014), by Antoine Hermary and Joan R. Mertens (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- Woodworking Technology (first edition; Bloomington, IL: McKnight and McKnight Pub. Co., c1961), by James J. Hammond, Edward T. Donnelly, Walter Fuller Harrod, and Norman A. Rayner (page images at HathiTrust)
- Handwork in Wood (Peoria, IL: Manual Arts Press, c1910), by William Noyes
- Problems in Farm Woodwork: For Agricultural Schools, High Schools, Industrial Schools, and Country Schools (third edition; Peoria, IL: Manual Arts Press, 1919), by Samuel A. Blackburn (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Woodwork Joints: How They Are Set Out, How Made and Where Used (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., n.d.), by William Fairham (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Course in Wood Turning (Milwaukee: Bruce Pub. Co., c1919), by Archie S. Milton and Otto K. Wohlers (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Home Mechanics for Amateurs (New York: Munn and Co., 1907), by George M. Hopkins (multiple formats at Google)
- Woodworking for Beginners: A Manual for Amateurs (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906), by Charles G. Wheeler (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Ancient and Modern Furniture and Woodwork (South Kensington Museum Art Handbook #3; London: Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman and Hall, ca. 1875), by John Hungerford Pollen (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Ancient and Modern Furniture and Woodwork ("volume I" only volume published of this revised edition; London: Printed for HMSO by Wyman and Sons, 1908), by John Hungerford Pollen and T. A. Lehfeldt (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Carpentry and Woodwork (Chicago: McGowen-Maier and Co., c1911), by Edwin W. Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Illustrated Wood Worker (1879) (full serial archives)
- The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Companion (Philadelphia: H. C. Baird and Co., 1850), by J. Stokes (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Companion (Philadelphia: H. C. Baird and Co., 1906), by J. Stokes (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Cabinet Making: Principles of Designing, Construction and Laying Out Work (Grand Rapids: Grand Rapids Furniture Record Co., c1913), by J. H. Rudd, contrib. by C. A. Zuppann and Walter K. Schmidt
- Cabinetwork and Joinery: Comprising Designs and Details of Construction, With 2,021 Working Drawings and Twelve Coloured Plates (London et al.: Cassell and Co., ca. 1907), by Paul N. Hasluck
- Practical Carpentry, Joinery, and Cabinet-Making: Being a New and Complete System of Lines for the Use of Workmen, Founded on Accurate Geometrical and Mechanical Principles (London: Printed for T. Kelly, 1826), by Peter Nicholson (multiple formats at Google)
- Intarsia and Marquetry (London: Sands and Co., 1903), by F. Hamilton Jackson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Peter Hunt's Workbook: With Text and Pictures (Chicago and New York: Ziff-Davis, c1945), by Peter Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
- Problems of the Finishing Room (fifth edition; Grand Rapids, MI: Periodical Pub. Co., c1922), by Walter K. Schmidt (multiple formats at archive.org)
- French Polishing and Enamelling: A Practical Work of Instruction (fourth edition; London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1910), by Richard Bitmead (Gutenberg text)
- The Modern Wood Finisher: A Practical Treatise on Wood Finishing in All Its Branches (Chicago: Press of The Western Painter, 1901), by F. Maire (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Up-To-Date Hardwood Finisher (2 parts in 1 volume; Chicago: F. J. Drake and Co., 1904), by Fred. T. Hodgson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Wood Finishing: Comprising Staining, Varnishing, and Polishing (Philadelphia: D. McKay, 1906), ed. by Paul N. Hasluck (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Painting and Decorating Working Methods: A Text Book for Apprentice, Journeyman, House Painter, Decorator (second edition, reprinted; New York: T. Audel, 1944), by International Association of Master Painters and Decorators, ed. by F. N. Vanderwalker (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Painting and Decorating Working Methods: A Text Book for the Apprentice, Journeyman, House Painter, Decorator (second edition; c1922), by International Association of Master House Painters and Decorators of the United States and Canada, ed. by F. N. Vanderwalker (page images at HathiTrust)
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