<I>Designs for Craftsmen</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1962
name: label: Written by
content: Walter Miles, 1907 - 1999
label: Published by
content: Doubleday & Company Inc., American, founded 1897
label: Owned by
content: Loïs Mailou Jones, American, 1905 - 1998
label: Signed by
content: Loïs Mailou Jones, American, 1905 - 1998
notes: label: Description
content: Hardcover copy of “Designs for Craftsmen” with 224 pages. The book jacket has black, pink, orange, and white sections on the front cover. There is a white circular bamboo grass and root design. Below this is black printed text [designs / for craftsmen / textiles, graphics, ceramics, wood, glass, metal, leather and many other crafts / WALTER MILES]. The author, title, bamboo symbol and publisher are on the spine of the book jacket and black hardcover binding. The back cover of the book jacket has black, white, and pink sections. There is a list of the crafts included in the book starting with basketry, batik, and beadwork. The book jacket flaps describe the book and author. The binding on the front cover has an embossed bamboo design. The back cover binding is blank. The endpapers have a black and white mechanical pattern. The reverse of the first page has a black and white bookplate with three images of Lois Mailou Jones that says [Lois Jones / Pierre-Noel / EX LIBRIS]. The book has handwritten inscriptions.
title: label: Title
content: Book from the library of artist Loïs Mailou Jones
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.26.5.25
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10 5/8 × 7 7/16 × 1 in. (27 × 18.9 × 2.5 cm)