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The Art of Tattooing
Barwell, Carol A
1980
A study containing eight chapters. These cover the origins of tattooing, technique (including a section on the Japanese technique), designs, motives (including sections on conformity, superstition, ad...
Decorative Arts
1970-1979
This file contains items relating generally to the decorative arts, including carving and the decoration of items. The file includes a photocopy of Carson I. A. Ritchie's article, 'Art of the Northern...
Q: Folk Art
1970-1979
This series contains items relating to popular art traditions. The subject matter includes English naive painting of the 18th and 19th centuries; decorative arts including carving in ivory and bone, a...
Folk Art: Photocards
[1962-1984]
A curated collection of mounted photographs relating to ‘Folk Art’. This photo file is one of 57 thematically categorised photo files that were likely created as part of the Institute's (IDFLS) Fo...
Artefacts
[1950-1970]
Material artefacts collected by staff (and students?) of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS), including a scud winder, a decorated egg and two sets of printing matrices.
The Art and Craft of Glass-Blowing by Hand
Napier, Valerie A
1964
A dissertation based on the observation of methods and terms used in the making of antique glass in Sunderland (at Hartley, Wood and Company), and in the making of vases, wine glasses and ornaments in...
Scud Winder
[1940s-1950s]
Scud winder used for hand twisting straw rope, probably from Suffolk. The instrument is made from two pieces of iron(?) welded(?) together. The first is attached at right angles to a wooden handle. Th...
Decorated Egg
[1960s]
A hard-boiled, decorated egg, coloured with a food-based(?) red/pink dye. The shell is patterned with stencils made from small fern leaves and wild flowers.
Printing Matrices
[1960s]
Printing matrices, or mats, consisting of 204 characters representing the International Phonetic Alphabet. It is likely that these matrices were acquired for use in publications relating to the Survey...
Printing Matrices
Balding and Mansell
[1960s]
Wooden box containing printing matrices, or mats, supplied by the Monotype Corporation. A printed label attached to the box describes the item as Matrix Case for a Composition Caster. The label is com...
St. George and the Dragon: A Study in Folk Art
Green, R J
1964
M.A. study [submitted as part of an English Literature degree] comprising ten chapters and five appendices. These discuss definitions of the folk play (with reference made to related calendar customs)...
Lace: An Enquiry into the Art of Making Lace Either by Hand or Machine with Particular Reference to the Vocabulary and Folklore of both Industries
Slinn, Gillian A
1964
A dissertation on lacemaking, with particular reference to the industry in Nottingham. The first chapter presents a general history of lacemaking, whilst the second focusses on pillow lace, with secti...