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The Dixon Manual for Artisans in Wood and Metal

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One art instruction book entitled The Dixon Manual for Artisans in Wood and Metal: Designs, Instructions, Operations and Processes, published by William Dixon Incorporated, Newark, New Jersey, copyright 1939. This 32-page portfolio consists of 21 leaves of projects, 10 leaves of textual instruction for the projects, and an unnumbered leaf of prefatory and introductory matter. As stated in the preface: "This new collection of projects has been designed to meet the constant demand of teachers and hobbyists for artistic designs combining wood and metal." Some of the projects included are: an ashtray, a coaster, a console table and mirror, a table lamp, shelf brackets and a cornice and radiator grill. All of the project sheets are signed (printed) "Designed by Karl Ufer". On the front cover is a small, nearly-square image of a man hand-tooling a metal cup. The back cover is blank, as are the insides of the front and back covers. Laid into this portfolio are 3 additional items: a typed notification of the opening of the William Dixon School of Metal Arts (New York), dated February 15, 1936, on William Dixon letterhead; a gift catalog from The Metal Crafts Shop in Providence, RI; and a single issue (Vol. 4, No. 3, March 1936) of the periodical The Metal Crafts: In and About Metal, published by the Metal Crafts Supply Company in Providence, RI. This issue is in a paper envelope addressed to Mabel Spofford.
Type
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Date
1939
Call number
ephKAEE
Creator
Korzenik, Diana (1941-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Diana Korzenik, October 2021.
Gift of Diana Korzenik, April 2025.
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