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The
Carriage Trimmers' Manual: Guide Book and Illustrated Technical Dictionary, written in
1881 by a veteran of the carriage industry; it was the most comprehensive
addition to trade literature on the subject at the time of its publication. Rare, hard-to-find and long out of circulation, it is now
back in print to inspire a new generation of carriage enthusiasts. A fact sheet
of this book may be viewed at: http://astragalpress.com/carriage_trimmers_manual.htm For conservators,
restorers and dealers in antique furniture
(especially upholstered 19th century furniture), this is an indispensable
guideline and instructive manual for the upholstery trade in general. For curators and
carriage collectors, this in-depth and practical book is an
invaluable resource that provides descriptive text and illustrations of
numerous carriage interiors: from the everyday model to those suited for
royalty. It also describes the complexity of materials and range of
skills required for this branch of the carriage trade. The retail price of this book is
$32.95. Please call should you have any questions. A press release is
pasted at the bottom of this e-mail. Regards, Kathryn
Bednarz, Editor The Astragal
Press Toll Free
(866) 543-3045 FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE: June 15 , 2007 Contact
Person Kathryn Bednarz, Editor Company Name The
Astragal Press Voice Phone
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543-3044 Email Address kbednarz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Website URL www.astragalpress.com Rare 1881
CARRIAGE TRIMMERS’ MANUAL PUBLISHED BY
ASTRAGAL PRESS The Astragal Press, an independent
publishing company located in The Carriage Trimmers' Manual: Guide Book
and Illustrated Technical Dictionary. Originally written in
1881 by a veteran of the carriage industry, it was the most comprehensive
addition to trade literature at the time of its publication. Rare, hard-to-find
and long out of circulation, it is now back in print to inspire a new
generation of carriage enthusiasts. Of special interest to curators and
carriage collectors, this in-depth and practical book is an
invaluable resource that provides descriptive text and illustrations of
numerous carriage interiors. It also describes the complexity of materials and
range of skills required for this artistic branch of the carriage trade. For conservators, restorers and dealers in
antique furniture, this is an indispensable guideline and instructive manual
for the upholstery trade in general. Tool collectors will benefit from
the descriptions and illustrations of trimmers' tools such as stuffing sticks,
round knives and shears. The book’s forward is written by
Merri Ferrell, former Curator of the Carriage Collections at the Long Island The Astragal
Press, was founded over 20 years ago by Emil & Martyl Pollak. Tool
collectors themselves, their company evolved when they could not find any books
devoted to the subject of antique tool identification. Encouraged to share the
knowledge they had meticulously collected, the Pollaks made the decision to
self-publish their research efforts and debuted with their first book, A Guide to American Wooden Planes and Their Makers,
a groundbreaking work in the field of tool identification and historiography.
Since then, the company’s book list has grown to over 100 Astragal
titles. In 1996, Martyl and Emil Pollak received the Early American Industries
Association's prestigious J.D. Hatch Award for scholarly excellence in writing
related to the field of early American industries. The company
publishes new works as well as reprints of out-of-print classics, and has
developed into one of the principal resources for those interested in areas
such as antique tool collecting, metalworking, carriage building, early
sciences and early trades. For more
information contact: The Astragal
Press www.astragalpress.com e-mail:
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