Glove Making (2 results)

Unbound pages. Condition: Very Good. 2 pages, illustrated with black & white photographs. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 26.5 x 39 cms. Category: Country Life Experience; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Oblong 4to (200 x 275 mm), 8pp., French and English title pages, 20 engraved views mounted (one or two with a few spots), each with a leaf of dual language text, endpapers browned and a little chipped, publisher's red morocco-backed pebble-grained cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover, head and foot of spine rubbed, light stain to lower board. A series of views detailing all of the stages involved in the production of kid gloves at the Trefousse works, Chaumont, including preparing the skins, cutting, sewing, dyeing, and finishing. Tréfousse was one of the leading manufacturers, employed over 5000 people and cut out 1,750,000 pairs of gloves annually.