Design in hand
Subtitle: the evolution of writing instruments since 1784
By: Sara Agniel, Enrique Martínez, exhibition curators
Contributors: Martinez, Enrique; Providence Art Club
Publisher: Providence Art Club
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Providence, R.I
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
Subjects: Writing; Materials and instruments; Exhibitions; Fountain pens; Pens
Other titles: Evolution of writing instruments since 1784
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Providence Art Club, 2003.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / David Macaulay; title: Acknowledgments / Iona Dobbins; title: Introduction / Sara Agniel & Enrique Martínez; title: The Providence Art Club, Deacon Taylor House, and the Pen and Pencil Club of Rhode Island / William McKenzie Woodward; title: From quills to computers / W. Brett McKenzie; title: A cultural history of writing instruments / S. Agniel & E. Martínez; title: The Parker 51 / David Nishimura; title: Excerpt from "The pencil: a history of design and circumstance / Henry Petroski; title: An historic timeline of writing instruments with plates / S. Agneil & E. Martínez.