The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-29
PROSPECTUS FOR 1884
The Art Interchange

An Illustrated household journal with colorod plates
TweHiysiX numbers; 10 cents copy. Issued fortnight
~ on Thursdays. The only art journal published oNen
err than once amonth. Invaluable hiri for home dec
Grafton The l,tes, ideas in art from home and foreign
sources. -
THE AIT INTERCHANGE is a thoroughly practical,
lnteligOe, inexpensive art Journal II is devoted 10
decorative household pictor al art home art work,
literary and art news and Gues ions and answers II
lie handsomely illustrated With leading examples of art,
besides giving fa|size working patterns OF standard
decorative. designs the Uf amateurs and profes
SOMA art Students. workers In ceramics. art needle
work. and the kindred minor decorative arts.
CoLoRED PLATES.
This new feature has been added to the other depart
mens Of THR ART INTERCHANGE IN response TO re-
quests from hundreds OF amateurs who md II mpos'
sblc to obtain satisfactory working designs in color
unless they order them direct from artists at cost OF
FROM ft,en dollars and upward. Great care has been
taken the services Of artists of the first rank
and TO hsy0 the designs especially adapted 10 the re.
quircments OF art students. Every branch of art
painting embroidery, glass staining stencing, ETC.
been considered In the selection of the designs,
that all art workers viii and them of the creates, pos
slble value
This newest art occupation receives ample attention
ana the difficulties of individual workers In reDousst
explained. Designs Tor borders, trays tiles, candle
sticks. paper tops, etc, are published regularly.
Instructions ana suggestions are given In art needle
work, painting on textiles. wood, china and glass
woodcarving, al decoration art furnishing, mod
cling. etching drawrwork, sketchng on linen tspcs
| try painting, etc. etc.
NOTES, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
| The Note and Query Department is open 10 all en-
Gurers without charge. Here all difficulties are clear
y explained and removed rs they arise. The answers
are prompt authoritative thorough and Impartial,
are considered invaluable by Nil who read them. They
cover questions Of building and artistic furnishing. al
classes OF decorative and industrial art work. and are
| useful not only to amateurs, hut TO teachers and
schools They open also 10 literary questions and
those relating 10 etiquette. aad the information there
published would he very difficult 10 obtain from en-,
other source, and would in most cases involve so,t
expense TO the qucstioncr; for single example. the
schemes OF color decoration and artistic furnishing fol
rooms. published TO meet individual wants but of al
vantage to all subscribers If supplied to cnQuirers
other than through the paper would cost az least TWEEN
ty-tye dollars.
Special Illustrations are published when requested.
SUPPLEMENTS of full sze working designs giving
decorative patterns suitable for tracing or copying
regular feature. Extra double sheet supplements are
Issued per odically The illustrations include designs
all forms OF embroidery. painting on textiles, silk
satin, felt pus and china; working in metal, sketch
ing on linen. and suggestions for cabinet work.
To Gum up: THE ART INTERCHANGE gives in each
year
Thirteen l3-Full page C,lored Stutics by the first
artists and teachers.
Gu time Pattern Supplements IN every number, each
containing several separate designs OF full working sIze
OF tough, thin paper for tracing.
Over three hundredsO0- illustrations OF other art
objects which give hints and suggestive examples very
useful to decorators amateurs ayd WORKERS in all the
varied branches Of art work,
Nearly one thousand-l .000-columns of text 10y the
best writers all art art work and literary topics.
tcomes 20 subscribers tacntys times year, which
il more than twice often as any other ar, journal
This frequency nsures promptnass in answering en-
quries and /, TO give space 10 the depart
melt of Questions and Answa-s well "r ruas'rs III
art news fresh.
I;s prlce ~ RI follows:
SINGLE RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
One veal. s'U
Six months ...,..-'..'.''.. ,'.'''.'' ~
Reeen, issue. WITH CDLoHEp PLATE, sent as sample
copy on rece.p, Of cents also catalogue II other
illustrated az, WORK publications,
Address
WILLIAM WHlTLOCk,
$40 NASSAU ST.. NEW Yorh.