A Museum of Early American Tools

Venture again into the home made global of apple butter paddles, hay forks, and different conventional implements with this attention-grabbing and charmingly illustrated e book. Its guided excursion of folks gear and artifacts from the pre-commercial age examines farm and kitchen utensils in addition to gadgets utilized by curriers, wheelwrights, coopers, blacksmiths, coachmakers, loggers, tanners, and different craftsmen.
Written by means of a prominent historian and collector of antiques, this soaking up survey provides casual however correct depictions of “unique gear for each activity,” from a protecting canine and a hauling sledge to reaping hooks, splitting wedges, and felling axes. Ratings of pen-and-ink sketches by means of the writer painting easy gear and different pieces which might be ingeniously devised and exquisitely built. A useful textbook for historians, this quantity may be an enchanting manual for all folks who love Americana.