Hooked Rugs Instruction book by Emily M. Nolan and Gabriel André Petit - Fireside buying Industries, dated 1926
This is a set of four instruction booklets produced by Fireside Industries.
buying This is a set of four instruction booklets produced by Fireside Industries on the craft of hooked rugs.
The booklets are:
"Hooked Rugs - A Bit of History -- Origin and Modern Methods (Lesson One)" - six pages
"Hooked Rugs - A Bit of History -- Stories and Anecdotes (Lesson Two)" - six pages
"Hooked Rugs - Rudiments and Mechanics (Lesson Three)" - fourteen pages
"Hooked Rugs - Color Appreciation (Lesson Four)" - ten pages
Fireside Industries is now Berea College. See more information about that here: https://www.berea.edu/student-crafts/history/
Authorship
All four books are stable bound with cardstock, and have the notation "9-26" on the back cover. Books one through three are by Emily M. Nolan "under the supervision of" Gabriel André Petit and the fourth book is by Gabriel André Petit
Condition: Good to Very Good.
Book one has some damage from a spilled liquid on the front cover and first page. All booklets have yellowing of the covers and inside pages. There are NO marks on the inside, and only a couple of rub marks on the outside of book one.