One pattern book entitled Designs for Piercing, Chasing and Etching, published by William Dixon Incorporated, Newark, New Jersey, copyright 1937. This book is a looseleaf portfolio of 31 numbered plates, containing "more than two hundred motifs" and a single sheet with prefatory text. There are several plates of images per "series"; the series are entitled: Ornaments, Animals, Birds, Designs, Borders and Initials. A small, vertically-oriented rectangular floral design is centered on the front cover. The back cover, as well as the insides of the covers, are blank.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
8 3/4 in. W x 11 1/4 in. H ; 22.3 cm. W x 28.6 cm. H
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