The Leather Work Book: Containing Full Instructions for Making and Ornamenting Articles so as to Successfully Imitate Carved Oak, Specifically Written for the Use of Amateurs (London: “The Bazaar” Office, ca. 1875), by Rosa Baughan (stable link)
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