A Story of Shears and Scissors: Their Origin and Growth in the Old World and the New, with Particular Emphasis on the Development of the Arts of Making and Selling Fine Quality Shears and Scissors in America...Which Parallels

A Story of Shears and Scissors: Their Origin and Growth in the Old World and the New, with Particular Emphasis on the Development of the Arts of Making and Selling Fine Quality Shears and Scissors in America...Which Parallels the First Hundred Years of J. Wiss & Sons. Co., 1848 - 1948

Wiss, J. Robert (ed.)

Newark, New Jersey: J. Wiss & Sons. 1948. Hardcover. Terracotta boards with scissors illustration; unpaginated with approx. 40 pp. and duotone illustrations throughout. VG interior but with light chipping wear to cover edges and brown paper layer of front cover peeled off in one small spot at spine. Item #120867

A very enlightening history of shears, scissors, and the J. Wiss company. Includes an index to types of shears and scissors as well as a list of famous paintings in which shears and scissors are shown.

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